A $1 Billion Campaign for US President?

I fear that the election is already bought and paid for. Consider this if you're inclined to vote for Trump just because he can afford to beat Obama. Perhaps Obama has considered that too. Perhaps he knows the Tea Party and conservatives are on to him big time and can maybe rally enough votes against him? Perhaps he's aware a big issue with the conservatives is his lack of a BC? How better to distract them than by giving greedy Mr. Trump a bit of that billion to distract us? I can't help but wonder at Trump's sudden interest in the Birth Certificate. Why now? We need to quit thinking money=character and start looking for a viable candidate that believes in our Constitutional Republic and focus our attention there. Or the election IS bought and paid for.

It shows how determined it is for him to remain president. It is not about him being greedy and does not want to use the money to help others, it is about him wanting him to make sure that all the other candidates run out of money. And once he becomes president for a second time (unless the voters who voted for him wake up and see that he is not the best), he will go back to his true intentions of big government, tax those who use more initiative, favorism of those whom he considers victims, help the Un turn the States into a third rate nation, etc.

glad we are tightening our belts and spending wisely. I fond it amazing that there could be that much expendable money here in the US. Somebody not getting taxed enough?

Why does he need to spend even 1/1000th of that? One: He has the world's biggest megaphone as POTUS. It has been obvious since his acceptance speech in 2008 that he was running for reelection. Say what you will about the man, like him or could do without him, but most of his presidency to date has been a reelection campaign. Two: He doesn't need to buy--or at least buy as many--television spots and all that. The majority of news outfits in America--and the rest of the world for that matter--will gladly carry Obama's water and campaign for the man. I'm not trying to bust media's chops here. It is what it is. MSNBC and CNN and ABC and CBS and PBS and the New York Times and a hundred other print publications and NPR will all unequivocally rally for Obama to win in 2012. They will present glowing stories, skew statistics, make excuses, and those in charge of the networks will line up to voluntarily air commercial spots. It's simply the truth. He simply doesn't need to waste people's money to run for reelection. I'm only into politics since our country started to fall apart a few years ago (then I found out it's been a long, long time coming) so I'm not sure how a President gets to spend for reelection. He can't spend tax dollars for this, right? I hope not. If he can raise a billion dollars, however, I want to understand why these people donating $1,000,000,000 to help Obama retain his seat cannot also donate money to fund their favorite organization of all time, PP. A billion would keep that place going for over a decade. But that's another debate...

I think it is crazy that President Obama will spend at least a billion dollars on his campaign! He will have to work hard to get the democratic bid! He has to convince people he will do what he promises and that things have gottan better since he took office! Obama has along road ahead of him and he seems to confidnece about this! There are people out there who will beleive his message and help pay for his campaign! Not good!

It is very disturbing how much money we waste on elections. But it is inevitable with the current political and media system we have. Instead of us fighting to control and plunder everyone else through the political system, we would be much better off where the only function of government would be defending our rights and the market would be left free so that we could peacefully produce and consume without interference by third parties. I can hardly imagine the immense prosperity this would result in...

It just continues to prove my statement that the primary goal of almost every politician is to stay in office. Everything else is secondary.

well i think he have already $300m from the last campaign.