Political Question Of The Day

I know I'm just a bitter and disgruntled Mets fan and not a professional "pundit" but all this chatter about the fundraising prowess of "she who must not be named" (SWMNBN) has me scratching my head.

Yes, it seems more than ever that she is inevitable for the Dem nomination. But what is the real advantage for the general?

Isn't SWMNBN the most well-known politician in the U.S. outside of President Bush? Certainly a significant chunk of the money is for GOTV on Election Day. But the rest is for media buys and appearances to get the candidate's face in the voters as close to 24/7 as possible.

What is the return on investment for these activities if the candidate is already a household name and probably about 95% of the electorate already has an opinion of her (with a negativity rating in the high 40s)? In fact, wouldn't there be a law of diminishing returns - or even a backlash - if she is too "in your face" leading up to November?

I know the big political machine is formidable but how easy is it to sell a product that isn't exactly...fresh.

Personally, I think the best political advertising the GOP candidate could do is to put together a five minute montage of her creepy canned hysterical laughing on YouTube.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Am I just trying to avoid thinking about baseball?

Yips! from Robbo: Ask and ye shall receive, old chum.

Yips! back from Gary:
Thanks, Robbo. It is here by decreed that henceforth I will be referring to that spin-chilling noise from SWMNBN as "the cackle".

Jon Stewart has fun with it:

"She'll be our first President that you can't spill water on!"