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gave the Campaign to Defend America $1 million for the anti-McCain ad." "Leading the Campaign to Defend America are key figures from the more famous group MoveOn.org."

"MoveOn.org Political Action, one of the largest Political Action Committees in the country, brings real Americans into politics to fight for a more progressive America and elect progressive candidates," as stated in their website. As their website shows, they are clearly backing Obama as president. According to the Center for Responsible Politics, Moveon.org spent $1,703,572 on getting Obama elected.

In other words, all of these organizations, Fund for America, America Votes, and Moveon.org are using their wealth and power to help elect Barak Obama as the next President of the United States.

Unfortunately, it is not only the Democrats who are organizing and launching ad campaigns, the Republicans have formed their own organizations to wield their power and wealth in getting John McCain elected.

The Center for Responsive Politics reports that American Solutions Winning the Future spent $10,727,202, GOPAC spent $7,178,987, and the College Republican National Cmte spent $4,160,655. These are the top 527 advocacy groups who support John McCain for the next United States President.

It should be stated that these 527 groups and organizations operate independently of their prospective candidates. The candidates may state they wish to play clean politics. However, every single one of these organizations will use every dollar at their disposal and every trick in the political play book to get their candidates elected.

Money is power. That power translates to influence. This influence helps persuade potential voters to make the decision to vote for their candidate. With a majority of the votes, the next President of the United States is decided whether it be Barak Obama or John McCain. Who is to become the next President remains to be seen. No matter who gets elected, billions of dollars will be spent trying to get your vote.

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