When it is asked to actually pay for its expenditures, it verges on hysteria.
The Obama campaign initially reported that the payment was for "staging, sound, lighting" and other advance work when it reported its expenditures with the Federal Election Commission.
It can raise unlimited money from an unrestricted pool of donors, provided it discloses its expenditures and income to the Internal Revenue Service.
It, in turn, covers its expenditures through the rents it charges the companies in the buildings.
Overseas, it also bolstered its expenditures for marketing to lure customers into its showrooms.
Mark Montini, a spokesman for the committee, which is also known as the Conservative Leadership PAC, defended its expenditures, saying that it hoped to buy commercials attacking Mrs. Clinton before the end of the campaign.
It cut back deeply on its expenditures to find more oil and natural gas.
(That means it would have covered the costs of all its expenditures except interest payments on its debts).
In 2010, the American Red Cross focused its expenditures on shelter, food and emergency services.
"But nobody comes close to Fidelity and its expenditures on its proprietary technological system," he added.
Previously, the Legislature had balked at releasing electronic records detailing its expenditures.
