NM-Sen: Wilson Washes Out

Looks like Heather Wilson’s much-hyped fundraiser with Vice President Dick Cheney in DC tonight was a bit of a bust:

Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) was expected to raise about $110,000 for her Senate campaign Thursday night at a Washington fundraiser with Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a source close to Wilson. […]

Wilson’s fundraiser, held at the Capitol Hill Club, was set to raise about half of the $110,000 from political action committees and half from personal contributions.

In fairness, $110K is not a bad haul for a fundraiser.  But this wasn’t just any other fundraiser — this was an event with one of the heaviest hitters on the GOP bench, Grand Moff Cheney himself.  For comparison’s sake, let’s flashback to September, when Cheney raised a much healthier $275,000 for Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), who will be facing a competitive race against ex-Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes (D) next year.  A few short months later and the combined powers of Wilson and Cheney could barely crack $100K for one of the top tier Senate races in the nation next year?  Weak.

Or perhaps Cheney’s heart just wasn’t into it.  The event wasn’t a formal endorsement of Wilson’s campaign, so perhaps he spent the evening sighing wistfully and thinking of Steve Pearce.

11 thoughts on “NM-Sen: Wilson Washes Out”

  1. Anyone know who they are favoring or are they completely staying out?

    I wonder if the Penguin will do a fundraiser with Pearce too.

  2. should use the opportunity to raise a few bucks for Tom Udall, a la the successful Darcy Burner fundraiser around the Bush visit.

  3. I would never have thought of using a pic of “Wilson”–who was cruely robbed of a Best Supporting Actor nom simply b/c he’s a volleyball–to go with a story about Heather Wilson! Great touch. BTW, Cheney couldn’t be the Penguin, he’s too big. Although, I could see him disguising a hunting rifle as an umbrella.

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