Kevin_Kennedy
Defend Liberty
- Aug 27, 2008
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Topple a Republican icon. Clash on TV with a well-known political strategist. Get days of national press attention.
What does all that get you?
If youre Delawares Christine ODonnell, the new Republican nominee for Senate, it translates into big bucks.
In just the first 48 hours after her stunning upset of Representative Michael N. Castle, Ms. ODonnell has raised more than $1.3 million, according to an accounting by her campaigns Web site.
O'Donnell Raising More Campaign Funds - NYTimes.com
And if her website is accurate then she's close to $1.6 million now. I don't support her by any stretch, but that is an impressive amount of money to raise in such a short time. It looks like this race will be more interesting than originally thought.