bling bling
I find it sad that, built into our campaign laws, is a millionaire clause. Late for Dinner spells it out:
By injecting $2 million of his personal money into his campaign, Bob Corker has triggered the “millionaire’s clause” which raises the personal contribution limits for his opponent Harold Ford Jr. from $2100 to $12,600 per person for the general election.
Local news anchor Gene Patterson says:
A check of the WATE sales department suggests that Ford may have been anticipating Corker’s move today. The sales folks say Ford made additional buys just today. Corker also has inventory on our air over the next several days as we wind down to November 7.
I imagine if you check with the other stations here in Knoxville and in the other media markets in the state, similar purchases by the Ford campaign were also made.
Competitive races like the Corker/Ford senate race mean big bucks for TV stations. We and all the other stations charge premium prices for airtime. That’s the good news for us.
