Posted by Orin Kerr: Political Conventions and Campaign Finance: Political conventions don't generate any actual news these days, but look on the bright side: conventions are week-long campaign commercials that the major party candidates don't have to buy. Not that the conventions themselves are free, of course; according to [1]this website, the GOP convention is expected to cost around [2]$64 million.
References 1. http://campaignfinanceinstitute.org/ 2. http://campaignfinanceinstitute.org/eguide/partyconventions/2004conventions/republican.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
