The Stump, Oct. 27
Rocky Mountain News
Published October 27, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
CAMPAIGN-CHIC DOESN'T COME CHEAP
$524.05 is how much Democratic Senate candidate Mark Udall, above spent on shirts and vests at Eddie Bauer, charging it to his campaign as "ad clothing," according to the Grand Junction Sentinel.
$0 is how much Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer spent on clothing for campaign shots.
$150,000 is the minimum amount the Republican National Committee spent to buy clothes for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family after she was named the vice presidential nominee.
THEY SAID IT
"Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado, the first man to wear a cowboy hat while being interviewed on this show, and you wear it well."
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC TV talk show host, after interviewing Salazar, below, about the presidential race.
YEAH, JOE'S BROTHER
You have to be a football fan to understand how funny the following line is, but a Rocky reader posted this gem under a story about retired player John Elway attending John McCain's Denver rally.
The reader wrote: "(When) McCain was told he'd be meeting with a retired Bronco QB, he said, 'Jake the Plumber?' "
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