It's the Money, Stupid

UPDATE 7:05 p.m. Three hundred grand? Are you fucking kidding me? I think my local girl scout troop did more than $300K in cookies this March. Read Media Czech's full takedown.

It's now been a week since Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo's Senate campaign said it would release its second-quarter fundraising totals.

But first thing that morning, Attorney General Jack Conway's Senate campaign announced that Conway had set new Kentucky fundraising records by collecting $1.325 million.

We've been waiting for Mongiardo's numbers ever since. We're still waiting.

Now Page One Kentucky reports a rumor that Mongiardo's fundraising fell short of Conway's by a million dollars.

Taylor Shelton wondered in comments how soon Mongiardo would drop out of the race.

Last Thursday, I speculated in comments at Barefoot and Progressive that Mongiardo would raise less than $500K, and would raise less in his own home region of Eastern Kentucky than the $125,000 Louisvillian Conway raised in the same region.

I don't think Mongiardo's going to drop out, no matter how little money he raised in the second quarter. I think he's going to keep lying, and shilling for the Magic Buggy Whip industry, and fucking over Eastern Kentucky, and bashing gays, and whining about those mean ol' liberal bloggers and how much they love that elitist Jack Conway right up until the day after the 2010 May primary when he sets a new Kentucky record for fewest votes cast.