The Seattle Times
just reported that Mike! is loaning $2 million to his campaign, in light of continued troubles raising money. He's raised about $4.5 million so far and has $1 million in the bank (it costs a lot to buy those extra exclamation marks and get your face on every website in creationdom) - Cantwell has raised $11 million and has $6.4 million in the bank, and has only run two ads. And has a double-digit lead.
It was predicted last year that each candidate would spend and raise around $20 million in this race - it looks like one candidate will raise and spend that much, but it looks like Mike! may have trouble keeping up. Maybe he needs the President to come out and "help" him more often.
Looks like that $28 million golden parachute the stockholders at Safeco paid for is going to come in handy after all - what a surprise!
More on Mike! to come....