Comments on: Does Money Matter? http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_money_matt.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Xmas http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_money_matt.html/comment-page-1#comment-5214 Xmas Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:02:48 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_money_matt.html#comment-5214 <p>What'll be fun is the pulled forward, super-short primary season. It's going to be brutal. Our eyes will bleed from candidate ads.</p> <p>* Drink every time you see a waving flag.</p> <p>* Drink twice for every black-and-white picture of the opposing candidate with negative buzzwords fading in while a harsh chord plays in the background.</p> <p>* Drink the whole drink every time an ad mentions an article from a newspaper that's biased towards the candidate (eg, NY Times for Dems, Washington Times for Repubs)</p> What’ll be fun is the pulled forward, super-short primary season. It’s going to be brutal. Our eyes will bleed from candidate ads.

* Drink every time you see a waving flag.

* Drink twice for every black-and-white picture of the opposing candidate with negative buzzwords fading in while a harsh chord plays in the background.

* Drink the whole drink every time an ad mentions an article from a newspaper that’s biased towards the candidate (eg, NY Times for Dems, Washington Times for Repubs)

]]> By: BobH http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_money_matt.html/comment-page-1#comment-5213 BobH Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:00:33 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_money_matt.html#comment-5213 <p>I will introduce another sports metaphor: The media frenzy over money-raising reminds me of the way the more-rabid college sports fans obsess over the recruiting of high school athletes.</p> <p>The parallel is apt, I think, because the motivation is much the same -- there's nothing else to talk about during the off-season; and also because, while it matters, it probably doesn't matter as much as the obsessed want to think. </p> <p>I would prefer that my school get all the five-star recruits, but getting the best players does not assure success (Oklahoma did much better than Boise in recruiting, but didn't win the Fiesta Bowl). I would also prefer that my favored candidate be well-funded, but President Gramm can remind us that that guarantees nothing.</p> I will introduce another sports metaphor: The media frenzy over money-raising reminds me of the way the more-rabid college sports fans obsess over the recruiting of high school athletes.

The parallel is apt, I think, because the motivation is much the same — there’s nothing else to talk about during the off-season; and also because, while it matters, it probably doesn’t matter as much as the obsessed want to think.

I would prefer that my school get all the five-star recruits, but getting the best players does not assure success (Oklahoma did much better than Boise in recruiting, but didn’t win the Fiesta Bowl). I would also prefer that my favored candidate be well-funded, but President Gramm can remind us that that guarantees nothing.

]]> By: Duane Gran http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_money_matt.html/comment-page-1#comment-5212 Duane Gran Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:01:37 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_money_matt.html#comment-5212 <p>"the media has resorted to a sports metaphor, treating the race as a money-raising horse race."</p> <p>This should be no surprise, given that media outlets are the primary beneficiaries of the money raised in a political campaign.</p> “the media has resorted to a sports metaphor, treating the race as a money-raising horse race.”

This should be no surprise, given that media outlets are the primary beneficiaries of the money raised in a political campaign.

]]> By: Brad Warbiany http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_money_matt.html/comment-page-1#comment-5211 Brad Warbiany Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:01:18 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_money_matt.html#comment-5211 <p>Mesa,</p> <p>McCain isn't going to raise a lot because conservatives hate him. A lot of this, actually, is due to his name being associated with McCain-Feingold. The fact that conservatives hate him will also be the reason his candidacy goes nowhere, no matter how much the media fawns over him.</p> Mesa,

McCain isn’t going to raise a lot because conservatives hate him. A lot of this, actually, is due to his name being associated with McCain-Feingold. The fact that conservatives hate him will also be the reason his candidacy goes nowhere, no matter how much the media fawns over him.

]]> By: Mesa EconoGuy http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_money_matt.html/comment-page-1#comment-5210 Mesa EconoGuy Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:57:22 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_money_matt.html#comment-5210 <p>Actually, given Drum’s prediction, John McCain should do better than those raising twice as much money, and confirm the McCain-Feingold mistake.</p> <p>Obviously, this won’t happen. What matters is how many members of the press once worked for you, or who are currently your friends. It does beg the question, however, is McCain underreporting?</p> <p>Nothing Kevin Drum says is interesting. Or insightful.<br /> </p> Actually, given Drum’s prediction, John McCain should do better than those raising twice as much money, and confirm the McCain-Feingold mistake.

Obviously, this won’t happen. What matters is how many members of the press once worked for you, or who are currently your friends. It does beg the question, however, is McCain underreporting?

Nothing Kevin Drum says is interesting. Or insightful.

]]> By: Craig http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/does_money_matt.html/comment-page-1#comment-5209 Craig Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:12:30 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/04/does_money_matt.html#comment-5209 <p>Yeah, I think most of the money being spent now is worthless. Nobody cares about the campaign, but they're spending millions per week on consultants and hacks. Drum will be right if Gore or Thompson enter late and win a nomination.</p> Yeah, I think most of the money being spent now is worthless. Nobody cares about the campaign, but they’re spending millions per week on consultants and hacks. Drum will be right if Gore or Thompson enter late and win a nomination.

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