600k?

Jay Root -- FWST:

The Perry camp woke up to a vivid reminder Aug. 22, when Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn fired off the first wave of broadcast advertising in the race -- radio attack spots that the Perry campaign estimated cost over $600,000.

The ads aired just three days after the Texas Legislature ended its second special session of the summer -- called by Perry -- without passing long-touted education and tax overhauls.

"I stayed silent all during the session," Strayhorn said. "I wanted this governor to succeed for the schoolchildren of Texas. He failed miserably, and now I will not be quiet, and I will be taking this debate all over this state to the people of Texas."

The ad campaign -- Strayhorn aides won't confirm or deny the $600,000 figure -- will probably be a mere down payment on one of the most expensive primaries in Texas history.

Aides say privately that Perry, who has amassed $8 million, is prepared to spend as much as $20 million on the March primary alone. Strayhorn already has more than $7 million in the bank.

...

Taylor, the political scientist from University of St. Thomas, said that if Friedman faces off with a weak Democrat and a battered Republican, he could defy the odds and pull off a Ventura-like upset.

"It sounds kind of crazy to say, but at this point ... I can see the Friedman campaign taking that kind of scenario," Taylor said. "I can see Friedman more likely winning than a Democrat in 2006."

600k seems like a lot to be spending on radio right now, but that's Perry's estimate only.

Taylor is the first pundit that I've seen mention that Friedman might have a better chance than the Democratic nominee, which is beginning to look like a plausible possible scenario.

Much of the part that I didn't excerpt was talk about how Republicans are acting like Democrats did once upon a time in Texas.

Posted by Evan @ 08/29/05 08:30 AM

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