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Re: Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.
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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
This seems mostly right, but ignores the outsize influence of rich donors on GOP legislators. They may not be going to shift their spend to Democrats, but they can fund a primary challenger to unseat an incumbent, so the incumbents are obliged to do what they want.
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I think donor influence on politicians is overstated. The bigger impact comes from some of the ideologues who control the media rather than who make direct contributions to individuals. Citizen's United is just the footnote to the demise of the Fairness Doctrine.
It is astonishing how easily people are swayed by a bunch of people who repeat often nonsensical inanities over and over again.
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