Opinion: Political junkies have a new place to get their fix

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Perhaps you are curious about the millions that the Republicans are spending on Norm Coleman, or the sums that the Democrats are spending on Al Franken?

Or maybe you need to know how much Democrats are throwing at Carol Porter Shea up in New Hampshire.

Well, here’s the link for you.

The Campaign Finance Institute, which does some of the most thoughtful work on campaign money, is boiling down on a daily basis the amounts that the Democratic and Republican parties are spending on independent expenditures in congressional, senatorial and presidential races.

-- Dan Morain

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