He has kept personal loans to his campaign on the books since the very beginning so that it would make his financials look good on paper.

If you look at in-state and in-district fundraising, he’s never shown much prowess.  Nunnelee is showing himself to be a bit of a powerhouse and he’s just now getting in stride.  A challenger outraising an incumbent is a pretty strong statement.

Money isn’t everything.  It is seen as an indicator, but I suspect it’s just as often an effect.  Childers has a lot of cash banked already from unions and similar pacs.  In other words, when it gets time to spend, I suspect he’ll have enough.  What this shows is how competitive this race will be.  Mississippi almost never throws out incumbent legislators, but this one could well be the exception that proves that rule.

I would imagine most of the money has already been lined up behind Nunnelee.  While I am interested at Ross and McGlowan entering the race to discuss ideas and sharpen the GOP position on them, I don’t expect either to be able to effective raise money.  McGlowan might b/c of her national connections.  But one has to believe Nunnelee has garnered a lot of commitments that will stay with him through the primary.  As you noted Howard, money isn’t everything.  And who knows what will happen if there are 3 candidates in a primary.....