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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jesus, Bernie finally flames out and now we have to deal with these dumbass posts?[/quote]

What?
I'm not the OP, but have been wondering also if this isn't one of the most highly paid professions. 
Consider if you run even for a Congressional seat in a hotly contested district, the campaign contributions will flow in and the candidate, even if he or she loses, gets to keep the leftover money.  
The ones who really make out big time are the winners who don't need that much cash to run for re-election. [b]They also get to keep all campaign contributions.[/b]  It is a very lucrative business for those who can do it successfully.[/quote]

[b]You clearly don't know anything about campaign finance.[/b] [/quote]

? The bolded statement is correct. They can keep it.  http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/06/14/unused-campaign-funds-spent-in-unusual-ways/[/quote]

Just because some douches are spending their excess campaign funds improperly after being ousted, doesn't mean they "can." The money quote is here:
A 1989 law created restrictions on how former lawmakers can spend their leftover funds.

[i]“The general rule is that you cannot use campaign funds to pay for personal expenses,” says Larry Noble, a longtime general counsel with the Federal Election Commission and now an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.[/i][/quote]

The can keep any PAC money, it's not covered in the law.  And as the article showed, many have figured out ways to keep (and spend) unused campaign committee funds[/quote]

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