Big Donors Bring More Then Big Bucks...

We know that donations are made in politics all the time and sometimes there can be very large donations made to candidates and campaigns.  But sometimes the biggest donors can bring in more then cash and they can draw attention from the media.  The most prominent example of this comes for me from a recent story on CNN http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/16/trump-dials-donors-for-romney/.  This story highlights that sometimes big name donors don't need to give cash but having there name attached to your campaign can help garner interest.  To me interest, attention and the media are just as if not more important to getting through an election.  I feel that Donald Trump's involvement with fundraising not only helped Mitt Romney's campaign gain a bunch of cash but, it also helped give Romney another spot on the main news sites.  Due to the person who was helping Romney the media took notice and you can sure bet that story was opened by a bunch of casual news readers.  If it had been someone who had just given Romney a bunch of money it still wouldn't have gathered the attention Trump brings to an election. Anyone who has the money can help finically support Romney's campaign but, bringing Donald Trump into the fray not only draws cash but, valuable media and mainstream attention.