In this essay, Bill examines how the Citizens United decision has candidates campaigning for cash more than votes, and how that money — pouring into TV ads and high-paid political consultants — is creating “a racket, plain and simple.” ...
September 22, 2012

In this essay, Bill examines how the Citizens United decision has candidates campaigning for cash more than votes, and how that money — pouring into TV ads and high-paid political consultants — is creating “a racket, plain and simple.”

Full transcript available here.

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