The $5 billion presidential campaign?

The 2016 Presidential election could cost as much as $5 billion, according to top fundraisers and bundlers who are already predicting it will more than double the 2012 campaign’s price tag.

Behind-the-scenes jockeying to raise big bucks from bundlers connected to super-PACs and third-party groups is well underway, even with no top-tier candidates officially in the race. In private conversations, allies to Hillary Clinton are predicting that the campaign totals on their end alone might surpass $1.5 billion and go as high as $2 billion.