>> reporter: christine o'donnell, speaking at a candidate's forum here in williamington, delaware, tonight says america cannot spend its way to recovery but tonight major questions about her spending at the very least, the questions are troubling at the very most she might have violated election laws. we have documents right here that show christine o'donnell spent a lot of money object wha on what appears to be personal effects and it was campaign money, the spending occurred three months after she lost to joe biden in 2008, a year before she announced she was going to run as a candidate in 2010. the federal election commission allows you to spend money after a campaign to retire debt. but not to add to the debt. and she has lots of debt from 2008 which troubles a lot of people. they think it's hypocritical because she wants america to spend what it has. but let us show you some of the checks and you decide for yourself if she should have written these checks from her campaign money. for example, a check for 475 bucks, she labeled it as mileage reimbursement. remember, this is three month

beginning with williamington, delaware. jean on the independent line. caller: good morning. i was talking about this with my family over the weekend and got my parents wild. i graduated in the early 1980's and i don't think i ever recouped. i am neat working in my field now. all of my fields, the evenly one working in her field. i field made a living out of it is working for the government. the rest have tried self-employment. the experience was good, but i don't think that even today not what i'm seeing is ideal. they learn one topic, they focus on that. they are out there partying nine times out of 10. it just seems -- it seems like futility to me because i'm barely making ends meet. i have a challenge ledge -- college degree. everybody said that was my particular tote success. people are going back for m.b.a.'s, barely keeping their jobs. losing jobs. well educated people. host: what was your degree earned? >> b.s. in music. i tried teaching. i tried working for various organizations and churches over the years. it's just -- i love the field, but no one wants to pay you.