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There is no disputing the insanity in the amount of money spent on political campaigns in America and no explaining it either. If the average American really is poor and desperate for change, where is all this money coming from? And would these Americans still be poor if they didn't waste a billion dollars trying to fill a $400k a year job?

Americans are notorious for throwing money at problems and Lord knows that we have no bigger problem in America than politics and politicians. So it almost makes sense that Americans throw their money at it in an effort to fix it. After all, actually engaging in the process of self-governance is frustrating and time consuming. It's much easier to just throw money, when you are the richest nation on earth.

In all forms of politics, money makes the world go round. The money in politics always tells a story, who's raising it, where it's coming from, who's spending it, on what, to what effect and for what real purpose? Over the years, money has often been the single deciding factor of political success. He with the gold usually makes the rules. That may change in 2008...

All that Gold

As of current FEC campaign filings, Americans have so far thrown a record $790 million at the 2008 presidential election since the campaigns started 14 months ago. The cost of selecting our next president could easily hit the $1.5 billion mark by Election Day, still almost eight months away. In itself, this is a demonstration of just how foolish the average American is with his money. If Americans are willing to waste over a billion dollars filling a $400k a year position, they have no right to complain when those they elect spend $900 to buy a $9.00 hammer. It's poetic justice actually.

He with the Fools Gold

The most notable accomplishment on his otherwise blank unqualified résumé is the fact that a charismatic first term Democrat Senator from Chicago named Barack Hussein Obama is leading the fund raising race. This is his greatest accomplishment in life, but again, a demonstration of foolishness on the part of Americans who are betting the future of the free world on a complete nobody.

Obama has reported raising $192.7 million thus far in his campaign, from single donors of the most under-privileged sort, who he claims are seeking "change." He's not only leading the fund raising race, but the popular vote and the DNC delegate race as well. At a glance, he appears the likely winner of the 2008 election. He is the man with the gold, as well as the imaginations of his loyal subjects. But will he be president?

She with the Old Gold

Hillary Clinton, who was the presumed Democrat nominee long before the race ever started, is holding second place in the fund-raising battle with a reported $173.8 million raised. However, unlike Obama who has had no need to loan his campaign any money, the Clinton total includes $10 million loaned over from her Senatorial Campaign account and another $5 million from her personal checkbook. (Don't ask how a life-long public servant became a millionaire.)

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