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In which Mike Gravel's effective campaign expenditures quadruple

Posted on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 1:16pm by Eva Lam

Via DailyKos:

Some guy posted a Craigslist ad offering to pay people $25 each to put up Mike Gravel signs on their lawns.

I support Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. I will pay $25 to install a yard sign on your property. Urban areas and places with maximum traffic preferred. If you have a property with roadside view in New Hampshire email me your address and I will have a sign installed on your property and put $25 in an envelope in your mailbox so you can go have a beer or two with a friend and talk about Mike Gravel's candidacy. All I ask is that you keep the sign visible and spread the word.

 

Blue Hampshire points out that this is probably Greg Chase, a millionaire hedge fund manager, who has attempted to pull other stunts in Gravel's support (buying full-page paper ads, paying NBC to let Gravel into the next Democratic candidates' debate). Blue Hampshire complains about the violation of campaign finance laws. I agree it's a pretty nasty precedent, but - come on! It's Mike Gravel!

Of course, I am rather puzzled that there hasn't already been a groundswell of support for Gravel in New Hampshire, given the wide availability of his brilliant postmodern media offerings:

 

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