I think Virgil is trying to say (again) that out of state money made the difference in this race.

Which would be wrong. His own behavior and performance over the years led to his downfall.

Watkins Abbitt is next.

Posted by Mark Brooks on 9 November 2008 @ 6pm

Yeah, but $3M? That’s really an enormous amount of money. I have a hard time believing that.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 9 November 2008 @ 7pm

According to Swing State Project, independent spending for Perriello was a little over $720K. Goode is just making stuff up.

Posted by Vivian J Paige on 9 November 2008 @ 7pm

Thanks so much for that link, Vivian. That’s a number that I’ll buy. $3M is just crazy talk.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 9 November 2008 @ 8pm

Yeah, I’ve been watching that link for a while. It’s been a good source of spending.

Posted by Vivian J Paige on 9 November 2008 @ 9pm

Is he counting all Democratic money (including Warner and Obama) spent in the 5th as being spent against him?

Posted by The Richmond Democrat on 9 November 2008 @ 10pm

Waldo and everybody,

I had put this link in a comment on October 28th, the day over $200,000 was allocated on top of $400k already being spent.

My guess is that Tom had more runs of his commercials, and that’s the difference between the 600k+ and the final figure.

I had thought you saw that link, Waldo.

http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00000935/380159/se

Posted by Mark Brooks on 10 November 2008 @ 5pm