What's Bush Worth?

HERE is an in-depth analysis of the $400 Million Bush plans to raise for his reelection. Snippet:

Thus, in order to win the presidency in 2000, Bush spent in the region of $100m. This time around, simply to win his way through the primaries -- where he will meet no Republican opposition -- Bush-Cheney 04 Inc. is shooting for $170m. Then, with next year's August party convention out of the way, the real presidential campaign -- and fund-raising -- can begin. That, it is thought, should amount to around $250m and change. For the purposes of comparison, Bill Clinton and the challenger Bob Dole together spent $232m on the presidential race in 1996, and even that 'achievement' was hugely controversial. Bush's fund-raising target for the primaries, meanwhile, exceeds the inflation-adjusted total spent collectively by Reagan (1980 and 1984); Bush senior (1988 and 1992) and Dole (1996). Junior, just to show he means business, has also already raised more than the nine declared Democratic candidates for the presidency put together.

Too bad we have to go to Scotland for an unbiased analysis of our own political system.