and swamping the TV, radio, newspapers, and flooding with mailers.

Billions of dollars worth of nasty Romney ads might just turn people off.

Here in CA, Whitman and Fiorini thought they could buy victory. Didn't work out the way they'd planned.

about the money corrupting the voting process itself, buying election workers, fixing machines, etc.

a little history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Huffington

After one term in the House, Huffington spent $28 million in a bid for a seat in the United States Senate in 1994. In the Republican primary, he defeated William E. Dannemeyer. At the time, Huffington's was the most expensive campaign in a non-presidential election in American history. Huffington lost in the general election by 1.9 percent of the vote to Dianne Feinstein.[2]

and shortly thereafter, Ariana went her own way.

After bad at this thing. That's why the campaign is already backing out of a number of swing states they are losing in.
I doubt that they will be spending much more than they have committed and are probably regretting spending what they have already spent on that loser.

People are dug in by the time they happen, and nobody falls apart three times.

aka Israel attacking Iran