Opinion: More on the money chase
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Want a little something extra for your campaign contribution? Don’t want to fork over a couple of thousand for the chance to have your picture taken with Candidate X? Boy, do the campaigns have deals for you.
In an e-mail sent out today, John McCain offers a navy blue polo shirt with campaign logo for a $100 donation, adding to the other goodies already available at the McCain store.
Rudy Giuliani has his ‘Rudy Gear,’ with it’s ‘get ‘em young’ offering, a $15.95 infant ‘onesie.’
And for you baseball buffs, there’s Mitt Romney’s foam-rubber, yes, ‘Mitt.’
Jim Gilmore, the former Virginia governor, arguably may be the longest of the long-shot GOP presidential contender, but he might have the best come on. You have to work for it, though. Supporters who sign up through his MyGilmore site can win a Nintendo Wii game by raising the most money before Saturday’s reporting period ends.
The Democrats have gone retail, too. Barack Obama offers T-shirts with a silkscreen picture of himself and Hillary Clinton offers a kid-friendly package that includes a piggy bank; can’t tell from the picture if it maxes out at $2,300 in pennies (the maximum individual contribution).
John Edwards sells $400 haircuts. ... Not really. But you can get yourself a ‘union made and printed’ duffle bag.
Whatever happened to bumper stickers and buttons?
-- Scott Martelle
