That's where he's getting all that money...

The Barack Obama campaign recently confirmed that members of the media would have to pay top dollar in order to cover the senator from Chicago's Grant Park on election night.

While the cheapest option (a single 2o amp circuit) is going for $165, top spenders can get all of the luxeries for a mere $1,870.

$715 will get a reporter the cheapest credentials. What the campaign fails to mention is where, exactly, that money will go.

Journalists have the right and reponsibility to bring their viewers and readers the best information they can on the eve of this very important and historical election. And by making this move, the Obama campagin is eliminating smaller news sources from the mix of those that will be covering the event.

What will Obama start putting charges on next? The Washington Monument, perhaps? This is the exact same man who says that we need to finance more government sponsored programs for the under-privlidged, yet raises more money for his own personal campaign than any other presidential nominee ever.

And this latest taxing of the press seems to bode well for the future of this country. It seems like once long ago we tried to get away from the man that was taking our forms of communication. Maybe history does indeed, repeat itself.