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Kevin Drawbaugh
Another first: billion-dollar presidential campaign
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 6, 2008 - 9:50amWith the Democrats' nominee decided, expect a sharp increase in political donations, amid a political race already smashing fundraising records, campaign finance experts said. "We're easily going to have the first billion-dollar presidential race," said Richard Parker, lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

