Does anybody actually confirm these numbers? Don’t they come from information provided to the election officials by the campaigns themselves.
Some of the numbers I see reported in the MSM are very suspect to me. I have to wonder if anyone ever follows up to see if that much is actually spent and if not, what happened to the extra.
Just part of being paranoid.
Source was candidates required filing with FEC 1/31/08 for 2008 4th quarter fund-raising.