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Bill McCollum's Humble Little $21 Million, Corporate-Gift, Spending-Committee Grass-Roots Campaign

Whatcha smokin' there, Bill, some of your grass roots?

Sorry, had to ask.

Here's why: According to The Miami Herald, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum actually told a rapt media gathered in Longwood Tuesday morning -- and you might want to sit down for this one -- "This has been a grass-roots campaign. It's the strongest grass-roots campaign I've been involved with since the very first one I ran."

Strong? I'll say. I've seen weaker roots a foot thick in the DeSoto National Forest.

The final pre-primary report showed McCollum hauled in $7.7 million, most of it from corporate donors, plus another half-dozen or so spending committees, which, combined, shelled out $13 million on his behalf (thanks, Sen. Mike Haridopolos, Rep. Dean Cannon and the rest of you leader guys). And all of a sudden, what springs up but a $21 million campaign thanks to arm twis ... uh, that's grass-roots giving.

Not your grandfather's grass roots.

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