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suddenly $26.86 doesn t seem so modest because $26.86 is how much both candidates combined are spending every second of every day this election cycle which is why on thursday, we cross a milestone in american politics. a big fat $2 billion milestone. the 2012 presidential election has officially become the billion dollar race twice. in the first two weeks of this month alone, president obama, the dnc and related fund-raising committees have raked in $88.8 million. not to be out done, mitt romney s fund-raising machine and his friends rauld in $111.8 million. what s all that cash buying? the candidates hope these dollars are going to buy your votes. in these ninl super heated days of campaigning, they are raining down e-mails on their donor lifts, multiple times every day. each message promises for a small donation, maybe 26 bucks,

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