Question: What is significant about this amount of money? $15,000,000.00.
Answer: According to the British Government, that is the cost of one of Queen Elizabeth’s two Golden Jubilee Bentley state limousines.
Second Answer: According to a campaign release, that is the amount of money that former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has added to her campaign coffers today in the form of one large campaign contribution.
Whitman had already dropped a cool $4 million into her own campaign, bringing the total of self-funding to a staggering $19 million. Add to this her impressive haul of $6.7 million from donations and that makes for a lot of green stuff.
Whitman’s wealthy primary opponent, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, has put over $4 million of his own into his campaign account, and raised another $1.2 on top of that.
Before you let these numbers glaze your eyes — based on the net worth of the candidates, and how badly each wants to be Governor of California — we expect these numbers to be just the beginning.
In other news in the GOP primary for Governor, today the Poizner campaign announced the endorsement of one of America’s leading opponents of racial quotes in government — former University of California Regent Ward Connerly, who had this to say:
Steve Poizner has the experience and vision to lead California at one of the most critical times in our state’s history. I urge my fellow Republicans to give the people of our state the opportunity to vote for a candidate who thoroughly understands the needs of California and who is prepared to do what it takes to get us out of the fiscal mess that confronts us," said Connerly. "Steve has shown a commitment and a passion for public service, but, more important, he has demonstrated a unique talent for solving problems. I urge Republicans across the state to vote for him as Governor in the Republican primary.
We’ve reached out to Her Majesty for a quote about Whitman’s large campaign contribution to herself — we’ll let you know if she has a comment.