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Outside Groups Dumped Big Money Into Presidential Campaign
TPM Election Central — ... A new study by the Campaign Finance Institute tallied up the numbers. More than $180 million will have been spent by so called "527" groups, less than the $338 million spent by them last time but still a sizable chunk of cash by any definition. ...

527 Groups Spent Less
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — An interesting factoid about Election 2008: One thing that should end on Wednesday morning is the sound of money being spend on electioneering from independent groups on the right and the left. And when it does, and someone does the final tally, there are estimates that around $400 million will have been spent by these outside groups. The Campaign Finance Institute, a Washington research group that analyzes campaign finance data, has studied all the outside money poured into the Presidential race along with the House and Senate races, and where that money came from. They found ...