Unwitting Donors

The New York Press blog The Fifth Estate noted a misadventure in campaign fundraising.

Attorney General candidate Charlie King sent a letter to the donors of his soon-to-be opponent and once-upon-a-time U.S. Senate candidate Jeanine Pirro, reminding them that they can ask for their money back.

"Dear Pirro for Senate Contributor," Charlie opens with.

"[W]hether you like it or not, you have unwittingly contributed to her new campaign for New York State Attorney General...Since Ms. Pirro backed out of her bid for the Senate, it seems only fair for donors like you to be given the same opportunity to back out as well."

Azi at The Fifth Estate rightfully popped a question right back at King's operation about Andrew Cuomo's use of gubernatorial funds for his own Attorney General bid.

"Do you know whether Cuomo gave his gubernatorial campaign donors the chance to opt-out of his AG campaign," asked Charlie's spokesman Simon Brandler. "We assumed that he did."

Not the right answer.

Post script:

Jeanine Pirro had the right answer.

She won't be using any of her money from the U.S. Senate race for the Attorney General campaign.  She's starting from scratch with a clean slate (see above story).