But you gotta give me $1K straight up front.

So much of it is nonsense. But almost all of it is profit for the MSM.

The best part; I'm done with MSM and depending on DU to keep me informed.

Just as lobbying in congress is suspect to conflict of interest, so too in my mind is the payment(s) to networks in ad buys which sway the executives, if not the show hosts. It pays for all these pundits to air their opinions to sway the listeners. And I'm tired of them paying (or giving free air time) a**holes who spout ridiculous lies.

With the obscene amounts of money at stake, i feel like the media needs to take a real hard look at itself. And maybe have some investigations turned on themselves. With the cries of Romney show me your taxes (which I agree with) we should be crying Networks show us your books! Maybe an independent legal review.

I know, I'm dreaming. .

make campaign finance reform a priority of the next election. We HAVE to get money out of politics. The Republicans have fought tooth & nail for redistricting because they know it can improve their chances in elections. We have to do the same with campaign finance reform. We could win these elections if money was taken out entirely. Campaign finance reform is to our advantage. The Republicans don't have the people. All they have is the corporations and their money. We take that away from them and they are finished.

Corporations that own TV and radio stations

Salaries and health insurance for campaign employees.

The post office for postage, printers for mailers.

To folks that own the buildings the campaigns rent for the offices, the electric company, telephone company.

Stadiums, halls, etc. where the rallies and town halls take place.

Airfare, hotels, food, gas, security.

And a zillion other places.

but get paid millions of donated dollars. I am a partisan, I don't want to see the crude leadership that modern republicans offer take over the country, I sacrifice to bring about that end. I want to see high priced Consultants become real partisans that are fighting for important principles, not over paid shills.

There is a cynical cottage industry of consultants, call centers and field consultants that soak up a enormous amount of money. I leave organizations like Emily's List and ActBlue out of that mix because I feel that they operate as passionate boosters for democrats. I have gotten angry at the DSCC, the DNC and the Democratic House campaign. All call asking for more money and I don't see any fucking effort by them to spend every dollar wisely and send money to the most critical need area. I have particular ire for the DNC because it is supposed to be the fucking coordinating group for democrats. In the end, all those groups recognize that people like me will send more money because the alternatives are horrible for us. I just wish the fuck that those groups would recognize that even fortunate people have other activities going on that require money and run their organizations like I run my finances, I analyze and don't spend any fucking dollar that does not have the maximum impact that I desired. When I travel, I stay at mid priced hotels, I want to see national democratic organizations making the same type of choice. To be fair, poor, middle class and upper middle class republican donors face the same dynamic from their party organizations.

Romney and Ryan's jet planes cost a lot to operate and SuperPACs can easily cover those costs.

http://www.propublica.org/series/free-the-files

It is a fascinating project. TV stations are required to make their contracts electronically available, and ProPublica is on a mission (with the crowd's help) to sort out who is spending what, where.

Here is part of what they know so far: http://www.propublica.org/article/free-the-files-tracks-294-million-in-tv-ads-with-obama-topping-buyer-list

Very useful info.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/12/news/economy/election-bailout-postal-service/index.html



The postal service is on track to surpass an original estimate of $285 million, which includes the haul from local races nationwide, said Cliff Rucker, vice president of USPS sales.

To on-the-cusp senate candidates (Warren, Berkley, and a couple others I can't recall) and the Democratic Party.

Legally speaking, anything leftover they're allowed to keep, at least in most states.

Then who do they give it to? Doesn't it still end up in the same hands??