The news article is about how Romney is the leading GOP candidate fundraising-wise ($1 million below Clinton who leads overall), but this one paragraph amazed me:

Experts have predicted this will be the first $1 billion presidential contest, reports CBS News correspondent Joie Chen. Outrageous as it sounds, it looks like they're right.

I know that presidential campaigns are expensive, but it just seems like this money could be better spent than slugging it out for President of the United States.