Millions Spent Protecting Candidates

It costs the Secret Service about $45,000.00 a day to protect each candidate. The
agency has already asked for more money to cover unexpected costs - an extra
$9.5 million on top of the $85.25 million that was budgeted for the 2008
campaign. Obama received Secret Service protection almost a year earlier than
officials expected and has had a detail since May 2007. And as soon as each
candidate announces his vice presidential pick, new protective details are
deployed for the second-in-command hopefuls.

Because Denver's Invesco Field, an open-air stadium that seats 76,000 people,
holds nearly four times the number of people as the indoor Pepsi Center - there
needs to be more security and extra countersnipers and air patrols as well.

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