In the July 18, Lansing Star, the Robertson campaign makes certain claim about campaign financing. Unfortunately, they leave out a lot of facts. An analysis of where Robertson's money comes from shows that a large percentage of it comes from Ithaca and Tompkins County donors with a good dollop from NY City. And, many of the same donors gave more than once, meaning they are probably tapped out.

Robertson wants you to think the race is 'very competitive.'  It isn't. The neutral realcleappolitics and the Cook Political Report websites rate the race as 'leaning Republican,' and the Buffalo News reports that Cook will soon move it to 'likely Republican.' Democrat contributors might want to think twice about throwing good money after bad.

Henry Kramer
Dryden
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