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Obama backs constitutional amendment to end Citizens United
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/07/obama-backs-constitutional-amendment-to-end-citizens-united/By Stephen C. Webster
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 13:47 EST
President Barack Obama supports changing the U.S. Constitution to keep private sector dollars from buying elections, campaign officials told Raw Story on background during a conference call with reporters Tuesday.
The decision stands in contrast with the president’s recent embrace of super PAC campaigning, a key feature of the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in the Citizens United case. Super PACs are third-party groups not affiliated with political campaigns that are allowed to take and spend unlimited sums of money for or against candidates for public office.
“In recent months, we’ve seen super PACs affiliated with Republican presidential candidates spend more than $40 million on TV and radio, almost all of it on negative ads, not just against opponents but against the president,” a top Obama campaign adviser said.
