Saving More Money In Primary Politics

Why, if we are cutting our American budget, do we need to do it in our presidential election processes?
I still see no reason at all for Newt Gingrich to drop out of his party's primary. He is doing something
few Americans will ever have an opportunity to do. He should stay in until the end so that as many citizens as possible can interact with the process in person, and hear his policy ideas for our future, even
though like me, they may agree with none of them.
Democracy depends on the fact that we have an electorate as informed as possible.
If we pay tax dollars in order to participate as fully as we can in these democratic processes, then so be it.