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that republican superpacs and other outside groups including karl rove, the koch brothers, and tom donahue of the u.s. chamber of commerce, supposedly independent, plan to spend combined $1 billion before election day. that's right. the american people need to understand that. $1 billion. unless we think that this is just about republicans, democrats are trying to play, too. it doesn't matter who's playing. it's wrong. according to the center for responsive politics, as of august 1, that's today, 705 groups have organized as superpacs and have reported receipts of over $318 million in independent expenditures already of more than $167 million in the 2012 election cycle. that's as of today. and here we are, they've got 97 more days to raise more money, to spend more money and to do all of that under cover. i want to put it into stark contrast. because just a couple of weeks ago, just two weeks ago, the number stood at 678. today it's 705. who knows what it will be next week. with receipts of $281 million, but now those receipts are $318 million. now, can you do a little math and a multiplie