re: #265 Aceofwhat?

total spending = indy + campaign spending in 2010. D outspent R in the House by over $50 million, IIRC.

Odd how that didn’t lead to more victories, given the hyperventilating some of you are struggling with in this thread. If spending is so pervasively driving election results, how did Democrats lose seats in the House? Curious.

What you are apparently struggling with, is that CU changed the reporting requirement for outside groups. (More specifically, it eliminated it) It is now possible (where it was not before) to outspend your opponent in actual terms, and yet be outspent nominally in terms of reported spending.

If I run an advocacy group (PAC) now, I no longer have to affiliate my spending with the candidate, even if I am running ads entirely on the candidate’s behalf, so long as I claim that I am advocating an issue, and not a candidate.