More fundraising
I got word today that Sen. Kay Hagan is doing a fundraising event tonight featuring Sen. Pres. Pro Tempore Marc Basnight and Majority Leader Tony Rand.
All this to raise money for Hagan’s big race against ... absolutely no one. No Republican filed to run against her this year and there is no write-in effort that I know of.
Now, as of her July report, Hagan had nearly six figures in the ol’ campaign account. So why raise money?
"There’s a continuous need to raise money," Hagan told me when I asked that question today.
Sure. Maybe she's just getting a jump start on '08. Or she could be stockpiling campaign cash for, oh, some race for higher office that comes up in 2008? Hagan gets mentioned from time-to-time by folks in various circles as a potential candidate for statewide office like Lt. Governor or Congress.
So, I asked her if she might be building a campaign account for some other office in 2008?
"Right now, at this point in time, I am running for the North Carolina state Senate," Hagan said.
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Mark:
It's not just Hagan, as you know. IMHO, the need to raise so much money is one of the weaknesses in our political system. I'm sure lots feel that way, but lacking a better structure, I guess it's the one we will keep.
What bothers me is how so many issues that demand leadership go unsolved while our "leaders" spend lots of time wining and dining and holding on to 100k-plus.
Imagine the college scholarships and dependable cars and training for working poor and their children that could happen if all our politicians donated all that PAC cash.
Posted on September 20, 2006 5:34 PM