900,000 ads? Well, aside from your main point BB, with which I tend to agree (and that comes as no shock to anyone, I'm sure), I have to ask out of how many races? 1/3 the Senate is 33 and a third and the House is what now? 435? That's 468 races. 468/900,000 comes to about 2000 ads per candidate. That seems a bit high to me. Not for California but Podunk and Bugtussle surely aren't airing that many ads. Least wise, I hope not. Only the media will come out winners on this one.