[George W. Bush]

Dang, I’ve now donated to three Presidential candidates. Tom earned his donation today.

That is an outstanding idea. That way, they'll have enough money to run border ads and maybe hold on in the polls. I've also wondered if the only way we keep the border/illegals issue alive is to all combine behind just one candidate. I'm afraid the three strongest border/illegals candidates (Hunter, Paul, Tancredo) will split the borders vote and all be too weak in the polls to stay in the fall debates. They'll have a rule that you have to have 5% in the polls or they'll weed you out.

[IslandJeff]

When do “matching funds” kick in?

The biggest folks ignore the statute, but the second-tier needs to be part of the debate, particularly in this ridiculously-long cycle.