A pretty nice haircut

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:03:40 -0400

John Edwards spent $400 for a haircut, according to campaign finance reports.

As the Los Angeles Times reports today, the campaign spent $400 at celebrity stylist Joseph Torrenueva's salon in Beverly Hills on Feb. 20 and again two weeks later. It also spent $248 at a salon in Dubuque, Iowa.

The story notes that Edwards is otherwise fairly frugal, flying on commercial airlines and staying in chain hotels. But it says the fancy haircut could come back to haunt him, just as a similar one did for President Clinton in 1993.

The piece ends with this mild scolding:

"In this day and age, particularly when you're a candidate positioning yourself as a spokesman for the middle class, the common person, it doesn't make any sense," said pundit Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, who teaches at USC.

The bigger question: Who knew you could get a $250 haircut in Dubuque?

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A pretty nice haircut