(H/T Rum Romanism Rebellion)

At the suggestion of one dedicated reader, I sifted through Shaun McCluskey’s last campaign finance report. He sent in an amended one due to a last minute infusion of cash and his last minute spending on hit pieces on Richard Fimbres.

It’s no big surprise: various members of Jim Click’s family as well as his employees maxed out to McCluskey’s campaign during it’s waning days. Click, no doubt, benefitted from the “cash for clunkers” program that helped move cars of his lots earlier this year. Those stimulus dollars percolated through the economy and into the hands of the political consultants that designed those hit pieces. John Maynard Keynes would be so proud.

Oh, and the firm that designed those pieces: Lincoln Strategy Group, formerly known as Sproul and Associates. Yes, that Nathan Sproul. The campaign spent a total of $72,778.16 on the mailers, plus an additional $15,161.54 on a spate of last minute robo-calls (because people love those). By the way, add that up and that is more than Fimbres spent on his entire campaign. Folks who have seen Sproul’s work before aren’t too surprised by this. All the hallmarks were there: the expensive oversized mailer, the iffy (at best) allegations of criminality, little or nothing positive to say about the candidate they are sent on behalf of, and a price tag that eats up an ungodly portion of a campaign budget. At least we can say that unlike many of the campaigns Sproul has been engaged in up north, this one failed in Tucson.