We've already begun to see the fallout of the disastrous Citizens' United decision in the form of Super PACs that are deluging residents of primary states with nasty political ads. And as I've mentioned the other day, Republicans don't think there's enough corporate money in elections.. But I was pretty disturbed this morning to see these two articles;
First, a piece examining the top 20 donors of the political season thus far, combining to give tens of millions of dollars to these Super-PACs. It should come as no surprise that a whopping 3 of them contribute to liberal groups, and the other 17 support republican causes. Conservatives are literally purchasing the 2012 election.
Then there's an opinion piece in the NYT that discusses how these Super-PACs, like the ones run by Newt, Rove, and other conservative dickwads, are skirting regulations designed to increase transparency about who exactly funds these organizations. In fact, they're doing it deliberately in order to prevent people in places like Iowa, NH, and South Carolina from knowing who is bankrolling the majority of the nasty political ads they see.
We need public financing of elections. Yesterday.
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