The chart below is from Power Line Blog.  For a larger verson, follow the link to the article and click on the chart.  It is a very clear picture of who the ‘special interest’ groups are.  Frankly, I was floored by the chart–I had no idea the unions were spending the kind of money they are spending on elections.  Money buys advertisements.  All of us need to be very skeptical of any candidate or political advertising we hear over the next year and a half–there will be a lot of misinformation out there.  If we want to change the direction of America, we need to be paying attention.