Get ready to hear a lot more from Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina in the next few days.
After her most recent fundraising reports last week showed her running about $1 million behind Boxer in total cash on hand for the final push toward election day, Fiorina quickly loaned her campaign enough money to make up the difference.
And yesterday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee chipped in $3 million more with a major ad buy, giving Fiorina (at least for now) a major on-paper funding advantage with just a week before Election Day.
Recent polls have shown Boxer with as much as an 8-point lead, but national Republicans have long viewed her as vulnerable. Some polls have tightened in recent weeks, setting up what seems to be one of the tightest statewide contests on the ballot next week.
The National Journal reported yesterday that Boxer is planning a $4 million buy of her own, which would almost certainly require help from the national Democratic Party apparatus or other outside groups. Records show she had about $2.3 million cash on hand last week.
Although Fiorina's private donations are quickly being dwarfed by party spending, it's interesting to note that many of her largest donors could easily be seen as targets of the same right-wing wrath she's counting on to buoy her election.
Employees of investment banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are among her largest donors, as are employees of Elliott Management, a New York hedge fund that held a fundraiser for Fiorina and several other national Republicans.
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