The LA Times has an interesting story on candidates for political office across the country who have experienced money woes or filed for bankruptcy.
In years past, a candidate's financial hardships might be have been fodder for an opponent, who'd use money woes as evidence of "poor judgment [or] perceived ethical lapses,'' the Times writes. But not this year, when so many voters are hurting as well and sympathy could impact their choice on election day.
Which brings us to Linda McMahon. The multi-millionaire U.S. Senate candidate wasn't mentioned in the Times piece. However she has made her bankruptcy a centerpiece of her campaign. Her ads talk about the pain she felt as a young wife and mother who had to collect S&H Green Stamps.
Yet questions about that bankruptcy continue to linger. I asked McMahon's campaign back in July for copies of her bankruptcy records and was told the campaign does not have them.