While the top candidates are expected to raise as much as $100 million before the first nominating contest in Iowa in January 2007, Vilsack had set a more modest goal of raising about $20 million.
He said the possibility that big states like California and Florida could move their primaries to early February 2008 would make presidential politics even more expensive, and suggested it was time for a debate about public financing of campaigns so they can be more than "a money primary."
"At the end of the day it's not about hard work or effort or good ideas, it's about money. It's got to be more than that," he told reporters in a conference call.
And even if an "outsider" were to be successful in raising the funds necessary to wage a competitive race, the odds are they would cease to be an outsider after a few successful primaries. By the time the lucky winner takes the oath of office, he or she is already bought, paid for, and owned by somebody else.
And that's just the way it is.
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