Okay, that's an expensive haircut

[jducoeur]

[Happy birthday to isisofcool!]

Thanks to the electoral-vote.com Votemaster for pointing out this article in Politico, about Palin's wardrobe and accessories. Apparently, the RNC has spent about $150k on her and her family. I'm a little boggled. Yes, I expect some serious expenses on primping -- the candidate needs to look good. But over a hundred thousand dollars? Jeez, what are they doing -- dressing her in couture every day?

Regardless, it does rather put Edwards' $400 haircut into perspective...

Comments

[hungrytiger]

Yeah, this bugged me as well. It's not so much the expenditure, although given how close it follows the $400k AIG outing it sure doesn't look good, as it is the fact that it gives the late-night comics more Palin material and eats up more news cycles as McCain's time to affect things is dwindling.

Did she need some clothes? Yes. But the size of the expense and the fact that the RNC was outfitting her whole family was over the top.

To put it in perspective, David Gergen from CNN said that a usual campaign allowance for clothing would be about $5,000. I accept that her clotes will cost more, but 30 times more?!

The usual campaign allowance is for men

[metageek.livejournal.com]

That $5K figure is for men. Good women's clothing costs more, especially with the variety problem.

Besides, the usual campaigner is not a lightweight who was picked to be eye candy. Dan Quayle would be the exception.

Re: The usual campaign allowance is for men

[hungrytiger]

As I said, I understand that good women's clothing costs more but thirty times more seems excessive, especially for a campaign that's trying to avoide bad PR.