There are signs, however, that priorities are beginning to shift.
The trouble is that priorities kept the counterfeiters from obtaining most of their materials.
What does seem certain, though, is that priorities will shift somewhat.
But many expressed concern that priorities deferred might become priorities abandoned.
"There's no question that priorities have shifted dramatically," said Marshal Cohen, the chief analyst for the NPD Group.
John Malmqvist, the former Swedish national surfing champion who has provided this feast, agrees that priorities change.
A campaigning strategy that priorities a fantasy future over a marginally ameliorated present can be a dangerously heady intoxicant.
Bill Burton, a senior strategist for the group, said Wednesday that Priorities would also be buying more time in Colorado, Iowa, Nevada and Virginia in the coming days.
In response, a spokesman for Crossroads noted that Priorities USA also has a sister organization that does not disclose its donors.
"Although recent enforcement actions indicate that priorities have changed, we need to understand how the S.E.C. will revise compliance programs to detect and halt future fund abuses".
