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Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:24:33 -0700 (PDT), mra
...@willamette.edu () wrote:
> According to this;
> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9737.html
> So far the following have raised;
> McCain: 73 Million
> Obama: 236 Million
> Clinton: 191 Million
> So already we have half a billion dollars raised for one campaign,
> just among the top three. Will we see over a billion dollars spent
> on
> the POTUS campaign?
> Probably not this year, but it wouldn't surprise me if it reached
> that
> level in 2016 or sometime past that.
> Thoughts?
That makes the election campaign about the same as one year's revenues
for the New York Yankees.
Of course, that says as much about the increasing money in sports as it
does about the increasing money in politics - both are rich men's games
nowadays - but I think it's a useful corrective to the horror over a
billion dollars.
--
Richard Gadsden
"I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death
your right to say it" - Attributed to Voltaire
