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Hillary and Bernie are beating every Republican in donations (Original Post) lovuian Oct 2015 OP
The unlimited contribution SuperPacs hugely favor the GOP, a huge problem, always mentioned later: Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1
They own the media. mucifer Oct 2015 #2

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
1. The unlimited contribution SuperPacs hugely favor the GOP, a huge problem, always mentioned later:
Sun Oct 11, 2015, 12:25 PM
Oct 2015

"There's no limit on money donated to super PACs, and that seems likely to give Republicans an overall edge. Bush’s super PAC raised $103 million in the first half of the 2015, or 9 times as much as his campaign. Several super PACs supporting Cruz have raised roughly $40 million from a handful of rich donors. Rubio’s super PAC raised a modest $16 million through June, but it could make up lost ground by gaining some of the donors who backed Scott Walker until he exited the race last month.

Hillary Clinton’s super PAC, meanwhile, has underperformed. It pulled in just $15.6 million through June, putting her outside-funding war chest behind the top three Republican candidates. Super PACs don’t have to file their next set of funding reports until the end of January, so that money race could look significantly different by the time we see the latest numbers.

None of that will affect Bernie Sanders, who has rejected the idea of forming a super PAC or raising money in big chunks from rich donors. So he’ll remain an underdog no matter how much money his campaign raises. Which seems to suit him fine."

mucifer

(23,535 posts)
2. They own the media.
Sun Oct 11, 2015, 12:36 PM
Oct 2015

That's why we worry about democrats selling out.

One other thing. They have scores of people running. We have about 6.

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