[Sabertooth]

Tom did it for the money, not principles.

$3 million of Indian gambling money. Like Judas' 30 pieces of silver....

C'mon, that's silly.

Did Schwarzenegger "do it for the money?" He took in four times more than McClintock did, all told.

Campaigns need money. All donors are "special interests." Comes with the terrirory. Big deal.

This thread is more for bashing Davis, fair enough?

[concerned about politics]

Hmmm. DUmmies are freaking out (Heh heh heh). They say CNN is a traitor.......

I'm sick of this 24 hours of coverage for the GrOPer....is there no other news going on today??? MSNBC has total coverage all day...don't know about fox...this is totally out of control......I want to know what the hell else is going on ....

Amen to this whole thread I can't even watch. Disgusting. We are the laughing stock of any country with real news.

[CatoRenasci]

I'm not so sure it's silly. I think it's significant that one of the largest sources of Tom's money was Indian Gambling interests. Sure, every politician takes money from special interests, but not $3 million.

I was frankly rather shocked to hear that Tom took that much from the Indians. I respected Tom, even if I didn't think he could win (I still don't) and was concerned about his inability to get along with his colleagues -- not a problem for his conservative principles, but perhaps a problem if he were governor. But on the basis that he was too conservative and not a team player, I didn't think he was a bad guy, just not the right guy right now.

However, I think the issue of Indian Gaming, as a special interest with tons of money to throw around, is a real potential, if not actual, corruption issue.