The President raised somewhere in the neighborhood of $750 million in '08, I believe. This campaign it's expected for both candidates (R &D) to raise around $1 BILLION each for their campaigns.
I'd like to see a complete ban on campaign donations. Across the board. Have the federal govt. give each candidate a set amount of money, say $100k each (I believe this is done in England?), and put the focus on debates for candidates to impart their philosophies and beliefs. All other spending (attack commercials, print, robocalls and the like) must be kept under the $100k spending mark.
The amount of money donated to political campaigns is obscene, disgusting and dangerous, IMO. The Supreme Court should be ashamed of themselves for allowing undisclosed and secret campaign donations, unabated.
Added: it also makes our politicians beholden to corporate and special interests when they become elected (enter corporate fascism). Even Obama, and many of you know that I am a supporter.