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Originally Posted by Slava
Why? It costs a ridiculous amount of money for a credible campaign. If he can't raise money, a candidate has to foot the bill on his own and how many people want to spend $90-100k to run?
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I'm not saying it's not a rational choice, but it reflects poorly on democracy as a system that a candidate might get better results from buying signs or whatever than going to a forum that is streamed and archived on the web.