Friday, April 15, 2005

Q1 money update

Grapevine:

Corker at 617,000 (3 months)
Hilleary 387,000 (after 2 weeks)
Bryant 386,000 (3 months)

Corker is on pace to easily eclipse Bryant. Hilleary has yet to hold a fundraiser and has caught up in a couple weeks so it looks like Ed will fall by the wayside sooner than expected. Don't expect him to go willingly though. Friends and family will have to ease him out. This next quarter will be the biggie of the year I think.

Corker knows that he has to raise several times more than Van to be competitive. He has way too much baggage including pro-choice gaffs, rasing taxes and an opportunistic streak in his Chattanooga business dealings. It will take a big pile of cash to keep those things covered and I'm not sure that it can be done these days. The internet will play some role in keeping the truth out there.