Arnold spent $22.6 million from own pocket.

[not systems]

And more than $10 million contributions.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/10/08/MN264225.DTL


A* also got >$100 million in free airtime by my best guess.

[realFedUp]

1. broke election laws

but what else is new about this recall...

[gristy]

2. Are you sure?

I think the difficulty is when he tries to pay himself back. There are laws against loaning money to a campaign, I think.

[rocktivity]

3. Don't forget about that mysterious meeting he had with Ken Lay

where he allegedly promised to arrange to have Enron pay out only two cents on the dollar from the nine-billion dollar lawsuit Bustamante filed. Maybe Enron is "reimbursing" his campaign expenses as well.

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=284&row=0
http://newsreview.com/issues/sacto/2003-08-28/essay.asp


rocknation

[gristy]

4. Enron got a deal

If Enron pays off Ahnold's campaign debts, then this will cost them just 0.24 cents on the dollar (100 cents/dollar * 22 million / 9 billion).