I remember when the right-wing-wakkos were all over the big bucks Hillary Clinton just happen to make in the cattle futures market just before her husband ran for governor, and Obama's book(s) suddenly became a hot commodity just before he ran for the Senate, and then there were the oil guys who financed and told George H.W. Bush just where to drill before he made some political move or another.
          I don't think it works if they just give a candidate the money--besides there would be tax problems. They laughingly make it look like the candidate earned it.