The 2010 SCOTUS ‘Citizens United’ decision injected unlimited financial funding into politics via Super-PACs.  Conservatives were screwed, but it took most a long time to come to the awakening.  As a direct result the broader electorate was non longer needed for financial support – evidenced in the 2012 and 2014 campaign spending cycles.

a17b2-hip-replacement-recall-briberyMore specifically this unlimited Wall Street spending influence is the root cause of several current presidential candidates remaining in the race. 

Without Super-PACs funded by Hedge Funds, Billionaire Globalists, and self-interested corporations: Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Jim Gilmore and George Pataki would not currently be in the race.

Similarly, Jeb Bush would be soon to exit, and either Ben Carson or Ted Cruz, but not both, would be candidates.

Now Mitch McConnell is moving to put the GOPe Party back into direct control via a new proposal to remove campaign limits and allow Wall Street to fund Republicans directly without going through SuperPacs.

The basic problem is the removal of financial dependency by the electorate they are supposed to represent.  The voter influence has already been replaced (Citizens United), the consideration now is who gets to be the arbiter/broker of the financial power.  

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WASHINGTON DC – Senate Republicans plan to insert a provision into a must-pass government funding bill that would vastly expand the amount of cash that political parties could spend on candidates, multiple sources tell POLITICO.

The provision, which sources say is one of a few campaign-finance related riders being discussed in closed-door negotiations over a $1.15 trillion omnibus spending package, would eliminate caps on the amount of cash that parties may spend in coordination with their candidates.

Pushed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a longtime foe of campaign finance restrictions, the coordination rider represents the latest threat to the increasingly rickety set of rules created to restrict political fundraising and spending on elections.

Campaign finance watchdogs argue that it would allow wealthy donors to exercise even more influence with members of Congress. And they cried foul over the possibility that the provision could be slipped into the omnibus spending bill that Congress is working to pass before a Dec. 11 deadline to avoid a government shutdown.

Other campaign-finance provisions being discussed during the omnibus negotiations include GOP-backed efforts to block the Internal Revenue Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission from enacting additional regulations and disclosure requirements on politically active nonprofit groups, sources say.  (read more)

Eagle Eyes Voters

“2010”…

It was the 2010 election cycle that caused “Establishment Republicans” to say “NEVER AGAIN” – and actively worked to eliminate their financial dependency on voters ! 

If you were to write this cartoon in 2015 the GOPe Elephant would be giving the Eagle the middle finger and saying “UH, yeah, whatever”… !

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