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How Do Front-Loading the Primary Calendar and Record Campaign Spending Affect the 2008 Race?

How Do Front-Loading the Primary Calendar and Record Campaign Spending Affect the 2008 Race?

As candidates make their last-minute push in New Hampshire in the first primary of the 2008 election, we take a look at the “front-loading” of the primary calendar with the New Hampshire and Iowa contests only five days apart and campaign financing—a staggering $400 million spent by the candidates so far. Where’s the money coming from? We speak with Rob Richie of FairVote and Sheila Krumholz of the Center for Responsive Politics. [includes rush transcript]

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