Comments on: Burkhalter tops Richardson in campaign fund-raising http://www.atlantaunfiltered.com/2009/07/08/burkhalter-tops-richardson-in-campaign-fund-raising/ Nothing but the truth Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:33:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bill Bozarth http://www.atlantaunfiltered.com/2009/07/08/burkhalter-tops-richardson-in-campaign-fund-raising/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Bill Bozarth Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:48:20 +0000 http://www.atlantaunfiltered.com/?p=587#comment-222 What is interesting about these contributions is that it they are arriving a year and a half before there is any election. The top seven in the list are not likely to have any election challenge, even when 2010 comes. (Three of them had no opponent in 2008. The other four had only token opposition.) Each maintains a huge war chest carried over from past elections. So why the big bucks coming in early for election expenses that will likely never be incurred? The answer is simple. The donors want access to the power, and these insiders want to build up a financial juggernaut that will discourage any viable opponent from challenging them. Many of these dollars end up being passed on to the party or other candidates. Not a pretty picture! There just might be a better way to finance campaigns. Do you think? What is interesting about these contributions is that it they are arriving a year and a half before there is any election. The top seven in the list are not likely to have any election challenge, even when 2010 comes. (Three of them had no opponent in 2008. The other four had only token opposition.) Each maintains a huge war chest carried over from past elections.

So why the big bucks coming in early for election expenses that will likely never be incurred? The answer is simple. The donors want access to the power, and these insiders want to build up a financial juggernaut that will discourage any viable opponent from challenging them. Many of these dollars end up being passed on to the party or other candidates. Not a pretty picture! There just might be a better way to finance campaigns. Do you think?

]]> By: Your morning jolt: F-22 fight moves from sniping to data | Political Insider http://www.atlantaunfiltered.com/2009/07/08/burkhalter-tops-richardson-in-campaign-fund-raising/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Your morning jolt: F-22 fight moves from sniping to data | Political Insider Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:25:58 +0000 http://www.atlantaunfiltered.com/?p=587#comment-6 [...] Atlanta Unflitered: Burkhalter tops Richardson in campaign fund-raising. [...] [...] Atlanta Unflitered: Burkhalter tops Richardson in campaign fund-raising. [...]

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