"Money may not be the problem, but it's the answer" for Charlie Wilson

"Money may not be the problem, but it's the answer". 

A friend of mine said that to me earlier this year, and I am finding that is applies to many instances. 

In this case, it applies to Charlie Wilson. 

We all know what Charlie's problem is: 

Ohio state law requires at least or, as we say in Washington, "just" -- 50 valid signatures to get on the ballot, and precludes candidates from submitting more than 150. Only 48 of the signatures were deemed valid.

Now the DCCC has to supply the answer: 

According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Democrats spent $160,066 last week on new ads telling primary voters to write in Wilson and defending him from Republican attacks.

Oh, and a quick reminder that the DCCC does NOT have a policy to stay out of primary fights:   

Despite its policy of not taking sides in primaries, the DCCC includes only Wilson from the 6th District on its roster of candidates, ignoring Bob Carr and John Luchansky, the two men who collected enough signatures to make the ballot.

They also have this link on the frontpage of the DCCC website.

Folks, we are Democrats, we will never have more money.  We cannot afford to make these kinds of mistakes.  We have to play smarter, leaner, and faster.   (That is why the internet has been so beneficial to us - and why it needs to remain so.)*  AND we need to be looking for other ways to spread our message at minimal financial investments. 

*Note:  I am not implying that Charlie should have used the internet to get his signatures.  I personally think that he should have spent money on a field program to do that instead of making his kid his campaign manager, but that's old news.