In the first quarter, Tommy Thompson loaned himself $75,000 of his own money to finance his campaign. Now, a campaign spokesman says that Thompson has loaned himself another $50,000 after funds continued to be slow coming in at the start of this second quarter.

This certainly isn’t a death knell for Thompson’s campaign - remember when a certain Mr. Kerry once had to loan his campaign $850,000 one month before the Iowa caucus - but it’s going to be tough spinning this in a positive light. Thompson has publicly declared he is putting all of his hopes on the Ames Straw Poll, and it’s hard to see how he can compete in the top tier with that kind of cash and that kind of trouble fund raising.

Makes one wonder if that $125,000 wouldn’t have been better spent on a Governor or Senate race in 2006…

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by David
Filed under: Ron Paul 2008