The Daily "I Love Debbie Cook" Pilot - Part Deux

Yes, I know that the Daily Pilot also covers Costa Mesa, in addition to Newport Beach, but since that Congressional Race also hits Santa Ana Heights (the Newport Beach part of it), I guess the Debbie Cook lovefest the Daily Pilot has does affect Newport as well.

Anyway, but the way the headline reads:

"Report:Cook prevails in funds"

You'd think that Congressman Rohrabacher didn't raise any money in the 1st Quarter 2008 and is in serious trouble right?

Well continue reading and you'll find:

"...Rohrabacher has far more cash on hand — $331,253.68 to Cook’s $32,314.44..."

And Debbie Cook had raised a whopping total of $47k.

Gee, that's almost as much as Current Newport Beach City Councilmember Leslie Daigle had raised in her 2006 Campaign...during a similar time frame.

Wow, at this rate, Debbie might raise enough to compete in a Newport Beach City Council Race! (but not enough to compete in Irvine's).

But it is still early, I know.

However, the true sign of things to come is the Cash on Hand.

To send out a mailer to the entire Congressional District will take ALL of Cook's dough on hand.

Congressman Rohrabacher, if he chose to, could send out 10 mailers to every one of Cooks.

Oh yes, and Dana also has serious name ID already in the District, which Debbie does not.

So unless Debbie's next report (for the 2nd Quarter 2008) shows that she raised another $200k, this race might be a bit more lopsided than the Dems think, and she can pretty count on NO help from the National Dem Money Machine.