I knew there was a lot of money being spent on campaigns, but just reading these articles you can find millions of dollars being thrown around.

The whole thing makes me wonder (jokingly) if we couldn't convince all these people with deep pockets to pay down the budget deficit instead of spending it on new legislation that will do nothing to help the deficit. Between all the campaigns going on out there, I bet we could put a serious dent in that deficit. Either way, their money's spent, right?