Week #8, Blog #2

At 6:30pm on 10/24/08, Fox News is reporting that in October Sarah Palin's hairdresser was paid $22,800 compared to $12,500 which was paid to McCain's foreign policy advisor.

Of course this statistic has been touted several times during the campaign by Barack Obama and Joe Biden. When something like this is reported it will undoubtedly be used to the other party's advantage during the campaign rhetoric.

McCain did accept public financing for his campaign which amounted to $84 billion for the General Election. Obama did not accept public financing and has raised significantly more money than McCain. However it does appear that McCain has more than Obama when you included RNC funds. McCain and Obama both must be selective on how they spend their money since there are only 11 days until Election Day. It has been proven time and time again that when the race is close what you do in the remaining weeks or even days can change the outcome of the election.

As a Republican I feel that the money that is paid to Palin's hairdresser is just a product of the times that we live in. We are materialistic in nature and therefore the campaign feels that they have to make Palin presentable to the American public in order to have a chance of capturing their vote on Election day. I know that money can be better spent elsewhere on recruiting an advisor that has the most experience and the best record out there. If they have that kind of money that they don't know what to do with it, I need a good paying job...

Obama and Biden are smart to cash in on this opportunity. This is something that they can spend as, "Look at what the McCain-Palin ticket has listed their priorities as hair over foreign policy." Give it a day or two and that is the kind of message that we will be seeing out of the Obama-Biden campaign camp.