twa Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Tom Steyer is Virginia’s $8 million man. The California billionaire spent nearly that much from his personal fortune to make an example of Republican Ken Cuccinelli for his arch-conservative views on the environment. The sum is more than three times the investment that’s been previously reported, and it nearly matched what the Republican Governors Association, the largest GOP outside spender, put into the Virginia governor’s race. It is more money, on a per-vote basis, than the famously prolific conservative donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson spent in the 2012 presidential election. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/tom-steyer-virginia-election-2013-climate-change-99611.html#ixzz2kMvfPSdT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Tom Steyer is Virginia’s $8 million man. The California billionaire spent nearly that much from his personal fortune to make an example of Republican Ken Cuccinelli for his arch-conservative views on the environment. The sum is more than three times the investment that’s been previously reported, and it nearly matched what the Republican Governors Association, the largest GOP outside spender, put into the Virginia governor’s race. It is more money, on a per-vote basis, than the famously prolific conservative donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson spent in the 2012 presidential election. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/tom-steyer-virginia-election-2013-climate-change-99611.html#ixzz2kMvfPSdT "More money on a per vote basis than Sheldon Adelson spent in the 2012 presidential election..." In other words, he spent about 1/100th the amount Sheldon Adelson spent on the 2012 election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 "More money on a per vote basis than Sheldon Adelson spent in the 2012 presidential election..." In other words, he spent about 1/100th the amount Sheldon Adelson spent on the 2012 election. Picky, picky, picky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 are you trying to say Virginia votes come cheap? in truth they just ain't that many of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 are you trying to say Virginia votes come cheap? in truth they just ain't that many of them True. Which is why is was silly for the writer to make a comparison to Sheldon Adelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 True. Which is why is was silly for the writer to make a comparison to Sheldon Adelson. I would say quibbling when he spent more per vote than Adelson is silly....but I'm easily amused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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