i dunno, does this seem like a lot?

Bush Finished Campaign With Millions to Spare, Allowing Him to Donate $11 Million to GOP

Bush finished the Nov. 2 election with $4.4 million left in his $75 million, taxpayer-financed general election campaign fund and $1 million in bills to pay. He had $15 million in a legal compliance fund that he could have tapped in the event of a recount fight, according to reports he filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission.

Bush also detailed the money raised and spent by his record-breaking primary campaign fund. He ended his private fund raising with $273 million collected, close to triple the then-record $106 million he raised for his 2000 primary campaign. The cost of television ads consumed much of Bush's money.

So, we, as taxpayers, paid for $75 million of his campaign fund?! Dont' we have anything to say about that?! And he had another $273 million?! That pays for a lot of attack ads!!!!