Not waving, but drowning: Davis campaign takes in $116,591 for reporting period

Reading the latest FEC report from Walz's Republican challenger conjures memories of the final two lines of great Stevie Smith's poem:

I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.

Too far out indeed: the Davis campaign collected $116,591.54 for the reporting period from contributors, including $1813.50 from the candidate himself.

The total includes $82278.04 from individual contributors and $32500.00 from PACs.

For entire quarter (July 1--September 30) the campaign  took in $ 335, 989.04, which includes $124,000 which the candidate lent the campaign. That's $221,989.04 in contributions for the quarter, compared to $470,000 for Walz (see Walz's numbers from 8/21/2008 through 9/30/2008 and 7/01/2008 through 8/20/2008)

No wonder we read this at MnPublius:

I’m also told that the MN GOP is diverting resources into the 6th CD in an effort to save Bachmann.  This comes at the expense of Brian Davis down in CD 1 (who, one Republican told me, has been “left for dead”) and Erik Paulsen in CD 3. . . .

Walz's committee ended the quarter with $1,082,731.10 cash on hand with no debt, while Davis had $317,748.25, with $128,026.50 in debt.

Not waving, but drowning.

From Davis's latest report with the FEC:
Covering Period 08/21/2008 Through 09/30/2008

 

	Column A This Period	Column B Election Cycle-To-Date
6. Net Contributions (other than loans)
(a) Total Contributions (other than loans)	116591.54	706782.35
(b) Total Contribution Refunds	0.00	0.00
(c) Net Contributions (6(a) - 6(b))	116591.54	706782.35
7. Net Operating Expenditures
(a) Total Operating Expenditures	109945.27	512964.08
(b) Total Offsets to Operating Expenditures	0.00	0.00
(c) Net Operating Expenditures	109945.27	512964.08
8. Cash on Hand at Close of Reporting Period	317748.25
9. Debts and Obligations Owed TO the Committee	0.00
Itemize all on SCHEDULE C or SCHEDULE D
10. Debts and Obligations Owed BY the Committee	128026.50
Itemize all on SCHEDULE C or SCHEDULE D

Image: The  Davis campaign (artist's rendition).No kitten was harmed in the creation of the photo.

Comments

[Chad]

The kitten is much cuter than the candidate.