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Originally Posted by Delgar
I can see there's a good argument that he shouldn't be out of pocket, but I wouldn't be so quick to pay his expenses.
First of all, its a part of the party rules that winning a nomination vote does not mean you get the nomination. Chandler probably knew that, and with his past, he should have known getting the nomination would be hard even if he won the vote.
Second, he spent $127,000 for less than 1000 votes? In a nomination contest? Something's not right there.
Third, he solicited and received all kinds of donations. I doubt he intends to pay his donors back.
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Good points. Okay, you won me over. Stiff 'em I say. Just kidding. If everything was done above board though, there's no reason to refund the $127K, as you've pointed out. I didn't realize that party ratification of a nominee is such an important part of the process though. I was under the obviously mistaken impression that anyone who wins the nomination is pretty much automatically in and that the party's ratification was pretty much a rubber stamp process. Maybe Chandler is doing this just to stir the pot and attract a little publicity after all.