PB: Walz is leader of the pack in campaign money

In Walz leads challengers in race for campaign money, the Post Bulletin's Ed Felker reports on pre-primary fundraising.  The Davis campaign spin on this paltry take is a side-slapper:

Davis' campaign manager Brad Biers said the money raised for the period was almost entirely from donors, with no new personal donations or loans from the candidate. He said Davis has exceeded the fundraising of Walz and then-Rep. Gil Gutknecht, R-Rochester, at this point in their race two years ago.

Yesterday, the Mankato Free Press deconstructed that fable:

When Davis’ contributions and loans to his campaign are included — an amount that now tops $185,000 — he’s surpassing the fund-raising pace of Walz during his campaign to topple Gutknecht. Walz had raised $546,000 through mid-August of 2006 compared to the approximately $714,000 Davis will report on Thursday.

This campaign, however, Walz has raised substantially more than Gutknecht had at the same point in 2006 — more than $2.1 million compared to Gutknecht’s $840,000. Walz also has more than $1.2 million in cash available for the final 10 weeks of the campaign, nearly $400,000 more than Gutknecht had in August of 2006.

The Felker article mentions BSP's post about Davis failing to meet his fundraising goal for the reporting period. Elsewhere in the paper, Matt Stolle writes up the Davis cable commercial running on Fox News, but didn't mention the Walz ad. Really, he should get out more.

We also notice in reading Felker's piece in the Post Bulletin and Fischenich's analysis in the Mankato Free Press that while Davis campaign manager Brad Biers puts in a cameo appearance, Davis himself spoke to the Free Press.

Yesterday we asked the question Does Brian Davis have a part-time campaign manager?  Since Biers accompanied the Taxpayers League's Phil Krinkie to talk to the MFU board on Saturday, we are assuming that Biers is indeed splitting his time between the Davis campaign and the TPL's anti-ballot measure crusade.

If these clients aren't part-time, Mr. Biers certainly has an enviable work ethic, especially given the demands of a serious contemporary congressional campaign.

And now, in honor of myth making,  a delightful little video from REM's Fables of the Reconstruction  tune, Can't Get There From Here.  We do so love to throw our trolls out the door: