Why would someone spend $50 Million of their own money for

[Bonhomme Richard]

a job that pays under $200K? I just don't get it. Is the combination of boredom, lust for power, and an oversize ego that great? And no, I don't buy the "for the public good" reason. If that were true these people would not have treated their own employees with so little regard. Maybe power is the great aphrodisiac.

[Dawson Leery]

1. Ego, protect their own economic class.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Blumenthal will win.

[county worker]

3. Queen Meg is spending more than that!

She has already spent nearly $100 million since the primaries in CA. I heard on NPR she is bidding to be the first female President. She is trying to buy a place in the history books.

I guess she figures she can't take it with her when she dies but she sure as hell can force us to not forget her!

[HughBeaumont]

5. Yes, that loving, soft personality just SCREAMS "President".

The people of this country, by and large, are dumb . . . but I don't think they're "cheese done slid off their cracker" insane.

[HughBeaumont]

4. To be a gatekeeper for their own. Just like Oilbastard Bewsh II.

50 mil is a drop in the bucket for wealth addicts like Chainsaw Carly and Nutmeg Whitless. They'll still be rich after all is said and done. It's how efficiently the backs get scratched that matters.

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. I don't think they give a damn about their own. Their whole careers are..

built around the premise "what's good for me". I can't imagine, at this stage, that they believe that if they spend $100 Million they would get a larger return in the senate.
It's got to be pure ego.

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. I'm gonna go with power and ego

Because who would want the headaches that goes along with the job?

[monmouth]

8. Someone really does need to take the "For Sale" sign down at the WH..n/t

[phantom power]

9. Ego.

Tangentially, I think being that wealthy does nothing but encourage a huge ego, if for no other reason than that when you are sufficiently wealthy, you don't often have to hear the word "No."

[The_Commonist]

10. Because otherwise it is taxable?

Just a guess...

[rucky]

11. Not just ego, my friend. ROI.

I don't think we can even conceive how profitable it must be for a boardroom to be able to influence policy.

[onethatcares]

12. hell, Rick Scott has done that in Floriduh for the governorship

and he gave the pukes hell for being too soft on crime, illegal immigration, and all the other things pukes are noted for. Then he won the puke nomination.

I wonder who kissed whos ass on makeup day:wtf:

[EFerrari]

13. Influence peddling is very lucrative. n/t