Comments on: From a Bennett Supporter in IL-3 http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/02/02/from-a-bennett-supporter-in-il-3/ Illinois, From Misery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/02/02/from-a-bennett-supporter-in-il-3/comment-page-1/#comment-6225 Anonymous Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:54:30 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2008/02/02/from-a-bennett-supporter-in-il-3/#comment-6225 Why is this campaign about money and not about the qualifications of the candidates? Jerry Bennett is the best qualified candidate in the race; just read the Sun-Times endorsement, the SouthtownStar endorsement, the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark endorsement and today's Kristen McQueary column. Why is this campaign about money and not about the qualifications of the candidates? Jerry Bennett is the best qualified candidate in the race; just read the Sun-Times endorsement, the SouthtownStar endorsement, the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark endorsement and today’s Kristen McQueary column.

]]> By: Illinois Bird Watcher http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/02/02/from-a-bennett-supporter-in-il-3/comment-page-1/#comment-6224 Illinois Bird Watcher Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:18:13 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2008/02/02/from-a-bennett-supporter-in-il-3/#comment-6224 I would have to agree that Jerry Bennett sounds like a good guy. The simple problem is he hasn't run a real campaign. I've been on his mailing list from the time he first posted it. In December he put out an end-of-year appeal for 300 new online donors. He got 7. This past week he put out another plea. As of this writing he now has a total of 84 online donors. Jim Capparelli has 8, and Mark Pera has 4,127, hundreds of whom are from within the district. Sadly, any Congressional race in the Chicago media market, especially against an incumbent, requires huge media expenditures - far more than Senate or state-wide races in most states. Just look at Duckworth, Bean, Seals and others who need to spend millions to get their message out. Being a hometown mayor and connected to other suburban mayors just isn't enough exposure to reach the nearly 700,000 citizens of the 3rd District. By starting late, and with little media exposure, whether intentional or not, Jerry Bennett is only doing exactly what the Lipinski machine hopes he will do - syphoning off votes from the only challenger with a chance to unseat Lipinski. NOT to knock the work of Jerry Bennett. But go to www.actblue.com, and search for il-03. That page clearly tells the exposure story as well as the fundraising story. And yes, supporting the concept of disclosure, I am a Pera supporter. I would have to agree that Jerry Bennett sounds like a good guy. The simple problem is he hasn’t run a real campaign.

I’ve been on his mailing list from the time he first posted it. In December he put out an end-of-year appeal for 300 new online donors. He got 7. This past week he put out another plea. As of this writing he now has a total of 84 online donors. Jim Capparelli has 8, and Mark Pera has 4,127, hundreds of whom are from within the district.

Sadly, any Congressional race in the Chicago media market, especially against an incumbent, requires huge media expenditures – far more than Senate or state-wide races in most states. Just look at Duckworth, Bean, Seals and others who need to spend millions to get their message out.

Being a hometown mayor and connected to other suburban mayors just isn’t enough exposure to reach the nearly 700,000 citizens of the 3rd District.

By starting late, and with little media exposure, whether intentional or not, Jerry Bennett is only doing exactly what the Lipinski machine hopes he will do – syphoning off votes from the only challenger with a chance to unseat Lipinski.

NOT to knock the work of Jerry Bennett. But go to http://www.actblue.com, and search for il-03. That page clearly tells the exposure story as well as the fundraising story.

And yes, supporting the concept of disclosure, I am a Pera supporter.

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