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6:59 PM, Jan 1, 2008 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

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Eighty million dollars can buy you 80 $1 million mansions, more than 100,000 shares of Google stock, more than 1,300 Porsche Limited Edition Boxter 5s, and a 2006 extension on LeBron James's contract. But it doesn't necessarily buy you the presidency, or even the nomination of the Republican party.

Of course, that doesn't stop extremely wealthy men from thinking so. ...

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