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Rich Man's Crusade; Money wars: George Soros is spending millions to defeat George W. Bush. His critics say it's bad for democracy. Soros says Bush is worse. Inside one man's crusade to change America. (Cover Story) Marcus Mabry, Malcolm Beith.
Newsweek International Oct 18, 2004 p26

Instructions: Locate this article by visiting http://www.infotrac-college.com and entering "rich man’s crusade" as Keyword search terms, and then answer the following questions.

1. Who is George Soros?



2. How did he help John Kerry?



3. Why is George Soros so unhappy with George W. Bush?



4. What are 527s and why were they so important in the 2004 presidential election?



5. How did 527s evade the intentions of the McCain-Feingold finance reform laws?