Here's a fascinating article about how the amount of money the Republican party is receiving from their numerous billionaire donors is hurting them, by leading to too many bad candidates running, who are staying in the race for too long, and running too many damaging attack ads against other Republican candidates during the primary which hurts their chances in the general:
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/0...ed-120115.html
Republicans could barely contain their glee when the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision cleared the way for unlimited spending in political campaigns. But now....Concerns are mounting among top donors and party elites that an influx of huge checks into the GOP primary will hurt the party’s chances of retaking the White House. Long-shot candidates propped up by super PACs and other big-money groups will be able to linger for months throwing damaging barbs at establishment favorites who offer a better chance of victory, the thinking goes....
"A super PAC for a broadly successful candidate makes them doubly formidable. A super PAC for a marginal candidate keeps them alive...."
"The super PAC era is going to make it harder to sort out the race, and particularly for the Republicans, who have so many candidates to begin with, it just keeps the clutter going...."
“Super PAC money is a wild card that weakens our eventual nominee, regardless of who he or she is, due to the onslaught of negative ads against that candidate....”
"But party leaders’ hands are tied when it comes to limiting the ability of mega-donors to subsidize fringe campaigns, including by attacking more viable rivals. And conditions appear ripe for super PACs to make the 2012 GOP primary — the first of the Citizens United era — look like child’s play by comparison."
"A super PAC for a broadly successful candidate makes them doubly formidable. A super PAC for a marginal candidate keeps them alive...."
"The super PAC era is going to make it harder to sort out the race, and particularly for the Republicans, who have so many candidates to begin with, it just keeps the clutter going...."
“Super PAC money is a wild card that weakens our eventual nominee, regardless of who he or she is, due to the onslaught of negative ads against that candidate....”
"But party leaders’ hands are tied when it comes to limiting the ability of mega-donors to subsidize fringe campaigns, including by attacking more viable rivals. And conditions appear ripe for super PACs to make the 2012 GOP primary — the first of the Citizens United era — look like child’s play by comparison."
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/0...ed-120115.html
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