[Hattie]

All these guys make money by running for Pres. They get to keep whatever they don’t use. Multimillionaires overnight. Every year this Republican primary situation gets worse. Iowa, New Hampshire, open primaries so the Dems can vote the candidate they want for us. Here in TX we never get any choice for who the candidate is — its is already decided and that is the plan.

[TomGuy]

All these guys make money by running for Pres.

In 2008, McCain had to use the FED matching funds program because his campaign was broke.

In 2010, McCain 'borrowed' some $20 million from his presidential funds to apply to his Senate re-election.

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LOL

Carl Cameron, FoxNews reports NEWS ALERT: JEB BUSH IS NOW THE FRONT-RUNNER.

[Doh! He is the only almost-declared candidate. Of course, the media would claim that he is the front-runner.]

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Estimates are that the 2016 presidential race will end up costing around $2 billion. That means each major party nominee will need to raise around $1 billion.

No wonder that McConnell tried to sneak in a new funding limit in the recent Budget Bill. They intend to by-pass the commoners and their meager donations in favor of the fat-cat donors.

Presidential elections have become a big money game.

[TomGuy]

Here in TX we never get any choice for who the candidate is — its is already decided and that is the plan.

My state Republican primary is held so late in the spring that the nominee is already determined weeks earlier. It happened in 2008 and 2012.