In Campaign 2008, Candidates Starting Earlier, Spending More
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Starting as early as last June, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was hiring staffers and consultants in New Hampshire and Iowa and building the foundation for his 2008 presidential bid at a time when those in early battleground states typically get a breather from national politics.
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The 2008 White House race has  groundbreaking candidates, record-shattering spending and  crowded debates, but so far it lacks a more common feature of  recent campaigns -- negative and sometimes personal attacks.
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Political advertising  spending in this presidential primary season is on a record  track with TV stations in the early decision states benefiting  the most.
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The race to raise funds, hire top staff, and generate media buzz for the 2008 presidential election is already well under way.
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Campaigns are spending more on ads in Iowa in hopes of swaying undecided voters.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has improved on his stunning support in the race for campaign cash, raising his total number of donors to more than 250,000 people in the first six months of the year.
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Contenders in the 2008 US presidential race campaign in Iowa, a key early state in picking each party's nominee.
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A look at three of the early contests for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations in 2008:
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After months of grand rhetoric, endless fundraising and heavy campaigning, the 2008 presidential race kicks into even higher gear this week at the start of a four-month sprint to the first votes.
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As the presidential campaign got underway a year ago, the candidates faced a volatile political environment dominated by the Iraq war, illegal immigration and terrorism. A year later, the campaigns are rewriting their playbooks as it appears that the race may actually be shaped by the economy.
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Presidential campaigns are about more than just speeches, rallies and the horse race.
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The surge in early voting is affecting where candidates are sent and money is spent in the final days of the campaign.
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Seven governors already have made endorsements early in the 2008 White House race and pressure is growing for others to choose soon, bringing along their networks of fundraisers and activists.
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The national Democratic Party has spent millions on raising money, consultants and building state parties, entering the weeks before Election Day with only about one-fifth as much as the Republicans for races that could decide control of Congress.
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As the cost of presidential campaigns moves toward the $1 billion mark, leading congressional advocates of tougher campaign finance laws want to reduce the influence of special interests by pumping more taxpayer money into the system.
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Mitt Romney spent more than $35 million of his own money trying to get himself elected, but his campaign faced challenges from the start, some beyond his control.
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Viewers who felt like someone was telling them to vote for or against George W. Bush or John Kerry every time they turned on the TV last year weren't far off: Political parties and others spent nearly &#36;178 million more on such ads in 2004 than they did in the 2000 election.