Following the Citizens United decision, many pundits were claiming that from here forward, money would be the deciding factor in the race for the White House -- particularly on the Republican side. How wrong they were. Clearly money still plays a role in the barrier to entry, but the 2016 GOP race has already proven that money alone cannot buy the nomination. The list of total current spending (candidate committee plus outside groups) by Republican candidates stacks up as follows: Jeb Bush: $152.1 million Ted Cruz: $101.1 million Marco Rubio: $77.3 million Ben Carson: $71.3 million Scott Walker: $32.0 million Chris Christie: $31.1 million Donald Trump: $27.1 million Carly Fiorina: $25.9 million Rand Paul: $22.6 million Rick Perry: $16.7 million John Kasich: $15.3 million Mike Huckabee: $10.0 million Lindsey Graham: $9.9 million Bobby Jindal: $6.0 million George Pataki: $2.1 million Rick Santorum: $2.0 million Jim Gilmore: $0.5...(Read Full Post)