According to a report out today Barack Obama and John McCain, together have raised almost $1,000,000,000, and the “candidates” have spent $8 per vote during the campaign so far.
What is misleading (what else is new) is that Barack Obama has spent OVER $5 per vote to reach potential voters, while John McCain has spent UNDER $3 per vote. As Obama has out raised and spent almost twice as much as John McCain, those figures are no surprise.
John McCain is campaigning with public funds, thus limiting what he could raise privately.
Barack Obama after PROMISING to campaign with public funds, renaged (as usual) because he found that the special interests backing him had deep pockets and he could “BUY” the vote!
So much for government by the people.
