Campaigns – Costs
Barack Obama has raised nearly 600 million dollars: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.php?cid=N00009638
John McCain has raised nearly 360 million dollars: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00006424
In Comparison George W Bush took in about 367 million in 2004: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php?cycle=2004
and 192 million in 2000: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php?cycle=2000
One of the criticisms of the Bush run for the White House was how much money he had, which we haven't heard about Barack Obama. Why? And why does it cost so much to run a campaign these days? The only thing I can praise John McCain for is for keeping the money under control. Now thats money raised, but Barack has spent about 470 million of his contributions thus far and will probably spend a bit more for his TV show tonight. I just find it all a little odd.
Just as a note, I'm not voting for either Obama or McCain, I just don't agree with their platforms 100% so I can't vote for them. So I'm not trying to bash what Obama has done for the sake of bashing Obama. This is all just statement of fact. I wonder how much under their new tax plans this can be taxed...