Thursday May 10th 2007
Racing for Dollars
A martian visiting the United States in the last few months might have had his cursory understanding of American politics challenged by the incessant media interest in how much money 2008 Presidential candidates have raised already. More attention was paid to the Obama vs Hillary cash contest than any substantative policy issue ($25 million vs $26 million, by the way). Quarterly campaign finance filings are the new polls, the new primaries. There seems to be a real danger that rather than moderating the influence of cash on candidacies, the new reporting rules are codifying the importance cash plays in the US political process generally and the Presidential nominating process in particular.
Albert | 7:35am |
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