Giffords vs. Weiss: The Money Race
The House Race Hotline reports that Gabrielle Giffords has 4 times as much cash on hand as Patty Weiss in the race for the Democratic nomination in Arizona’s 8th congressional district.
That kind of money can buy a lot of name recognition.
September 13th, 2006 at 5:54 am
[…] Back in January, I wrote about the release of a poll by an AZ-8 congressional candidate that purported to prove that Patty Weiss would be a better general election candidate that Gabrielle Giffords. I argued at the time - and later - that the Weiss was simply benefiting from name recognition earned as television newscaster. Giffords, I wrote, had high positives within her state senate district and the resources to introduce herself to the whole congressional district. […]