The federal spending money is something like 84-6 million. Obama said he was going to accept the federal - matching - money which would limit his fundraising to that amount, just like McCain promised to do - and then did.
There is a limit as to how much an individual can donate to a campaign - under 10G total [I think it's more like 3G but I don't have time to look it up right now]. There are ways around that - of course - like fundraisers [the Barbara Steisand concert comes to mind] where they're not donating to the campaign but rather paying 10G for dinner [or whatever it was] with the proceed going to the campaign.
That said, I think many of the 'rich' trend Republican, but many of the 'ultrarich' are Dems and those are the one you see getting the publicity. Of course - being a millionaire isn't what it used to be... [Not that I'd mind being a millionaire, mind you, but the buying power isn't there anymore - decamillionairs are where it's at
].
GTG
Carol
