Outside groups spend heavily on races
USA TODAY, April, 2008 by Fredreka Schouten
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WASHINGTON -- Spending by independent political groups has more than doubled since 2004, a USA TODAY analysis shows, in a sign that outside organizations are gearing up for sweeping influence in the heated presidential contest.
More than $8 of every $10 spent has helped Democrats, according to the analysis of "independent expenditures" reported to the Federal Election Commission.
Spending by outside groups topped $17.3 million from Jan. 1, 2007, to March 31 of this year, compared with $6.8 million for the same period in the 2004 race, the analysis found.
These groups -- which can't legally coordinate their spending with candidates -- spent $54 million in the 2004 race.
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"We can expect to see much more money," said Anthony Corrado, a campaign-finance expert at Colby College in Maine.
The drawn-out Democratic nomination battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton has spurred groups to spend heavily, he said. Obama ...
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