With Financial Skills Like This, No Wonder There's A Deficit

It should have been a cheap campaign -- since Rep Scott McInnis (R-CO) wasn't running for reelection. But he still managed to spend $150,000. So how'd he manage that?

He hired his wife, Lori McInnis, as his campaign manager -- for the campaign that didn't exist. Then he paid her $40,000 with a benefit package of $1,150 a month.

Oh, yeah. The campaign -- which didn't exist -- also paid for her car and cell phone.

Then there were tens of thousands of dollars in restaurant, hotel, and travel bills for the campaign that didn't exist. (WashPost)