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- 8:39am — May 22, 2013
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Republican Jonathan Paton and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are in a statistical dead heat in the race for the CD8 congressional seat, a poll by Paton’s campaign says. But new fundraising numbers show Paton fighting an uphill battle to raise money.... Read more»
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You mean an unabashed Republican huckster is in a dead heat with a fake Democratic huckster.
Paton’s flimsy “poll” against Giffords shows he’s too afraid to release the results he got from polling primary voters. He obviously doesn’t have better numbers than Jesse Kelly, but likes to continue the storyline that he is the front runner. The fact that he has to tout a “poll” with a 5.8% margin of error is a joke – a distraction from the reality that all of us constitutional conservatives truly see.
Paton’s fund raising numbers were abysmal compared to last quarter. He burned through all his Republican establishment donors and now has to release a “poll” to try to sell himself as a “candidate with a real shot” to conservatives. This won’t work – we all see through his snake oil sales pitch.
It’s amateur hour over at the Paton campaign, even though his staff is full of high-paid consultants. If I was Scarpinato, I would be wondering why Paton’s fundraisers get paid so much more than him when they have nothing to show for it.
One of the posts here talks about how Scarpinato should be mad at his fundraisers for making more money than him. Well, fundraising is the lifeblood of any campaign, but you have to have a staff proving to donors why they should contribute in the first place.
Paton’s fundraising team can’t help it if Scarpinato isn’t effectively communicating Paton’s conservative message. They also can’t help it if Scarpinato refuses to attack Jesse Kelly for his out-of-touch views.