- What a shame. Risk Scott
According to the New York Times, by July of this year, Scott’s NRSC had raised $181.5 million — a substantial war chest. But before the fall campaign even got underway, the newspaper reported, he had blown through 95 percent of the money — wasting most of it on consultants, self-promotion and a failed digital fundraising scheme that left the NRSC’s coffers virtually empty. He entered the homestretch with just $23.2 million cash on hand — less than half of what the Democratic senatorial committee had on hand to pummel GOP contenders.