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The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV as did 20 years ago, politicians have responded by buying three times as many ads, driving the cost of campaigning to levels which only favored candidates can afford.

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Dick Morris
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 28
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Richard S. Morris
Richard Samuel Morris
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