Campaign Cash Trickles Down to Small Biz

Brace yourself -- we've still got 10 months of election hoopla to go.

But lost in that frenzy of big money is some very good news for small businesses: Some of that campaign cash eventually trickles down.

Campaigns have to raise ever more staggering amounts to make it to the end of a two-year ordeal. Hillary Clinton has already raised $90 million, with Barack Obama's $80 million war chest not far behind. Mitt Romney is the leading Republican money man, with $63 million.

Not surprisingly, broadcast TV companies such as CBS(CBS Quote) and Sinclair(SBGI Quote) rake in much of that money as candidates fight it out in a never-ending loop of campaign commercials. ...