What does this primary cycle say about Citizens United?

[Seawytch]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

This isn't new. Look back at the 2010 Gubernatorial Election in California. Meg Whitman spent enough money to buy every Californian a car and Jerry Brown barely spent enough to buy a condo in Alameda. Jerry won handily.

CU is actually hurting the GOP right now. You'd have a much smaller field of candidates if not for folks like Sheldon Adelson propping up their flavor of the month.

 

[Wry Catcher]

CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators.

Spending lots of money on POTUS candidates is wasteful, the bulk of the money will be spent once each party has adopted a standard bearer.

It's then that the bulk of the money is spent, mostly by Super PACS and mostly on negative campaigns and character assassination.

???

Adopted a standard bearer? You mean adopt a POTUS candidate out of the primary field? The chosen candidate coming out of any convention is still a POTUS candidate, no?

Do you have any links that evidence this "CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators."???

The Standard Bearer is the one the party selects to run for POTUS. Last time it was Obama and Romney.

I don't have links to prove CU and McCutcheon have a greater influence on the Congress and St. law makers other than Empirical Evidence.

Congress and CA St. Law Makers vote almost 100% along the party line, few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control.

In the latter instance the two members of the Colorado Legislature who supported a gun control bill were defeated in the following primary races by candidates who highlighted their support of gun control. Money from the NRA and its members had a direct influence on that defeat.

 

[Kosh]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

This isn't new. Look back at the 2010 Gubernatorial Election in California. Meg Whitman spent enough money to buy every Californian a car and Jerry Brown barely spent enough to buy a condo in Alameda. Jerry won handily.

CU is actually hurting the GOP right now. You'd have a much smaller field of candidates if not for folks like Sheldon Adelson propping up their flavor of the month.

And the Obama stimulus would have helped all those that got under water with their mortgages out of trouble!

But if not for this ruling the far left would not have access to the unions money!

 

[Kosh]

CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators.

Spending lots of money on POTUS candidates is wasteful, the bulk of the money will be spent once each party has adopted a standard bearer.

It's then that the bulk of the money is spent, mostly by Super PACS and mostly on negative campaigns and character assassination.

???

Adopted a standard bearer? You mean adopt a POTUS candidate out of the primary field? The chosen candidate coming out of any convention is still a POTUS candidate, no?

Do you have any links that evidence this "CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators."???

The Standard Bearer is the one the party selects to run for POTUS. Last time it was Obama and Romney.

I don't have links to prove CU and McCutcheon have a greater influence on the Congress and St. law makers other than Empirical Evidence.

Congress and CA St. Law Makers vote almost 100% along the party line, few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control.

In the latter instance the two members of the Colorado Legislature who supported a gun control bill were defeated in the following primary races by candidates who highlighted their support of gun control. Money from the NRA and its members had a direct influence on that defeat.

And the far left narratives run without impunity..

More religious dogma from the far left drones..

They really believe that you can spend your way to prosperity!

 

[Seawytch]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

This isn't new. Look back at the 2010 Gubernatorial Election in California. Meg Whitman spent enough money to buy every Californian a car and Jerry Brown barely spent enough to buy a condo in Alameda. Jerry won handily.

CU is actually hurting the GOP right now. You'd have a much smaller field of candidates if not for folks like Sheldon Adelson propping up their flavor of the month.

And the Obama stimulus would have helped all those that got under water with their mortgages out of trouble!

But if not for this ruling the far left would not have access to the unions money!

You have no idea what the Citizens United ruling was about do you?

 

[frigidweirdo]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

It shows that populism is still alive and people will be easily influenced still. Whether by lots of money or just pure entertainment. The problem comes when people with money believe that the way to get to people's hearts is through pure entertainment. Then we're screwed.

 

[Wry Catcher]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

This isn't new. Look back at the 2010 Gubernatorial Election in California. Meg Whitman spent enough money to buy every Californian a car and Jerry Brown barely spent enough to buy a condo in Alameda. Jerry won handily.

CU is actually hurting the GOP right now. You'd have a much smaller field of candidates if not for folks like Sheldon Adelson propping up their flavor of the month.

I believe the influence of big money comes into play more in legislatures / the Congress than in a governors race.

In your example Meg Whitman ran a terrible campaign and Gov. Brown - though a terrible public speaker - instilled confidence in the voters based on his experience, having proved to be fiscally responsible, and he spoke to the voters as adults. He didn't need to engage in polemics; he understood the problems and had pragmatic ideas to fix them, ideas not based on ideology alone or how inadequate his opponent might be.

 

[Kosh]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

This isn't new. Look back at the 2010 Gubernatorial Election in California. Meg Whitman spent enough money to buy every Californian a car and Jerry Brown barely spent enough to buy a condo in Alameda. Jerry won handily.

CU is actually hurting the GOP right now. You'd have a much smaller field of candidates if not for folks like Sheldon Adelson propping up their flavor of the month.

And the Obama stimulus would have helped all those that got under water with their mortgages out of trouble!

But if not for this ruling the far left would not have access to the unions money!

You have no idea what the Citizens United ruling was about do you?

Once again proving the far left drones have no clue what the ruling was about other than what their religious scriptures tell them..

 

[Kosh]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

This isn't new. Look back at the 2010 Gubernatorial Election in California. Meg Whitman spent enough money to buy every Californian a car and Jerry Brown barely spent enough to buy a condo in Alameda. Jerry won handily.

CU is actually hurting the GOP right now. You'd have a much smaller field of candidates if not for folks like Sheldon Adelson propping up their flavor of the month.

I believe the influence of big money comes into play more in legislatures / the Congress than in a governors race.

In your example Meg Whitman ran a terrible campaign and Gov. Brown - though a terrible public speaker - instilled confidence in the voters based on his experience, having proved to be fiscally responsible, and he spoke to the voters as adults. He didn't need to engage in polemics; he understood the problems and had pragmatic ideas to fix them, ideas not based on ideology alone or how inadequate his opponent might be.

Example: Obamacare, one of the worst piece of legislation to be passed..

Yet the far left drones believe it is the greatest thing since sliced bread..

 

[Wry Catcher]

CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators.

Spending lots of money on POTUS candidates is wasteful, the bulk of the money will be spent once each party has adopted a standard bearer.

It's then that the bulk of the money is spent, mostly by Super PACS and mostly on negative campaigns and character assassination.

???

Adopted a standard bearer? You mean adopt a POTUS candidate out of the primary field? The chosen candidate coming out of any convention is still a POTUS candidate, no?

Do you have any links that evidence this "CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators."???

The Standard Bearer is the one the party selects to run for POTUS. Last time it was Obama and Romney.

I don't have links to prove CU and McCutcheon have a greater influence on the Congress and St. law makers other than Empirical Evidence.

Congress and CA St. Law Makers vote almost 100% along the party line, few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control.

In the latter instance the two members of the Colorado Legislature who supported a gun control bill were defeated in the following primary races by candidates who highlighted their support of gun control. Money from the NRA and its members had a direct influence on that defeat.

And the far left narratives run without impunity..

More religious dogma from the far left drones..

They really believe that you can spend your way to prosperity!

Kosh, it's true, you really have no clue; you simply echo the party line.

 

[Kosh]

CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators.

Spending lots of money on POTUS candidates is wasteful, the bulk of the money will be spent once each party has adopted a standard bearer.

It's then that the bulk of the money is spent, mostly by Super PACS and mostly on negative campaigns and character assassination.

???

Adopted a standard bearer? You mean adopt a POTUS candidate out of the primary field? The chosen candidate coming out of any convention is still a POTUS candidate, no?

Do you have any links that evidence this "CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators."???

The Standard Bearer is the one the party selects to run for POTUS. Last time it was Obama and Romney.

I don't have links to prove CU and McCutcheon have a greater influence on the Congress and St. law makers other than Empirical Evidence.

Congress and CA St. Law Makers vote almost 100% along the party line, few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control.

In the latter instance the two members of the Colorado Legislature who supported a gun control bill were defeated in the following primary races by candidates who highlighted their support of gun control. Money from the NRA and its members had a direct influence on that defeat.

And the far left narratives run without impunity..

More religious dogma from the far left drones..

They really believe that you can spend your way to prosperity!

Kosh, it's true, you really have no clue; you simply echo the party line.

Far left drones posts: "Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

The irony impaired far left drones and their comments!

 

[Wry Catcher]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

This isn't new. Look back at the 2010 Gubernatorial Election in California. Meg Whitman spent enough money to buy every Californian a car and Jerry Brown barely spent enough to buy a condo in Alameda. Jerry won handily.

CU is actually hurting the GOP right now. You'd have a much smaller field of candidates if not for folks like Sheldon Adelson propping up their flavor of the month.

And the Obama stimulus would have helped all those that got under water with their mortgages out of trouble!

But if not for this ruling the far left would not have access to the unions money!

You have no idea what the Citizens United ruling was about do you?

He really has no clue in general, the guys an echo of RW Propaganda.

 

[Kosh]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

This isn't new. Look back at the 2010 Gubernatorial Election in California. Meg Whitman spent enough money to buy every Californian a car and Jerry Brown barely spent enough to buy a condo in Alameda. Jerry won handily.

CU is actually hurting the GOP right now. You'd have a much smaller field of candidates if not for folks like Sheldon Adelson propping up their flavor of the month.

And the Obama stimulus would have helped all those that got under water with their mortgages out of trouble!

But if not for this ruling the far left would not have access to the unions money!

You have no idea what the Citizens United ruling was about do you?

He really has no clue in general, the guys an echo of RW Propaganda.

And the irony impairment far left drone does it again!

They honestly believe that unions are not tax exempt corporations..

Supreme Court Gives Corporations, Unions Power to Spend Unlimited Sums on Political Messaging

 

[Wry Catcher]

CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators.

Spending lots of money on POTUS candidates is wasteful, the bulk of the money will be spent once each party has adopted a standard bearer.

It's then that the bulk of the money is spent, mostly by Super PACS and mostly on negative campaigns and character assassination.

???

Adopted a standard bearer? You mean adopt a POTUS candidate out of the primary field? The chosen candidate coming out of any convention is still a POTUS candidate, no?

Do you have any links that evidence this "CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators."???

The Standard Bearer is the one the party selects to run for POTUS. Last time it was Obama and Romney.

I don't have links to prove CU and McCutcheon have a greater influence on the Congress and St. law makers other than Empirical Evidence.

Congress and CA St. Law Makers vote almost 100% along the party line, few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control.

In the latter instance the two members of the Colorado Legislature who supported a gun control bill were defeated in the following primary races by candidates who highlighted their support of gun control. Money from the NRA and its members had a direct influence on that defeat.

And the far left narratives run without impunity..

More religious dogma from the far left drones..

They really believe that you can spend your way to prosperity!

Kosh, it's true, you really have no clue; you simply echo the party line.

Far left drones posts: "Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

The irony impaired far left drones and their comments!

You are not only dumb, you are a dishonest jerk too. I wrote this:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

You are a despicable LIAR!

 

[Kosh]

???

Adopted a standard bearer? You mean adopt a POTUS candidate out of the primary field? The chosen candidate coming out of any convention is still a POTUS candidate, no?

Do you have any links that evidence this "CU and McCutcheon have their greatest influence on members of Congress and State Legislators."???

The Standard Bearer is the one the party selects to run for POTUS. Last time it was Obama and Romney.

I don't have links to prove CU and McCutcheon have a greater influence on the Congress and St. law makers other than Empirical Evidence.

Congress and CA St. Law Makers vote almost 100% along the party line, few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control.

In the latter instance the two members of the Colorado Legislature who supported a gun control bill were defeated in the following primary races by candidates who highlighted their support of gun control. Money from the NRA and its members had a direct influence on that defeat.

And the far left narratives run without impunity..

More religious dogma from the far left drones..

They really believe that you can spend your way to prosperity!

Kosh, it's true, you really have no clue; you simply echo the party line.

Far left drones posts: "Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

The irony impaired far left drones and their comments!

You are not only dumb, you are a dishonest jerk too. I wrote this:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

You are a despicable LIAR!

Once again showing you are far left hack...

Lying about it will not help you, you are a far left hack and proven it once again!

 

[Wry Catcher]

The Standard Bearer is the one the party selects to run for POTUS. Last time it was Obama and Romney.

I don't have links to prove CU and McCutcheon have a greater influence on the Congress and St. law makers other than Empirical Evidence.

Congress and CA St. Law Makers vote almost 100% along the party line, few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control.

In the latter instance the two members of the Colorado Legislature who supported a gun control bill were defeated in the following primary races by candidates who highlighted their support of gun control. Money from the NRA and its members had a direct influence on that defeat.

And the far left narratives run without impunity..

More religious dogma from the far left drones..

They really believe that you can spend your way to prosperity!

Kosh, it's true, you really have no clue; you simply echo the party line.

Far left drones posts: "Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

The irony impaired far left drones and their comments!

You are not only dumb, you are a dishonest jerk too. I wrote this:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

You are a despicable LIAR!

Once again showing you are far left hack...

Lying about it will not help you, you are a far left hack and proven it once again!

KOSH WROTE: "MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUSCUS WILL EVER VOTE TO INCREASE A TAX OR SUPPORT GUN CONTROL.

HE LEFT OUT THE WORD FEW, AS QUOTED FROM THE ORIGINAL POST HERE:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

 

[Kosh]

And the far left narratives run without impunity..

More religious dogma from the far left drones..

They really believe that you can spend your way to prosperity!

Kosh, it's true, you really have no clue; you simply echo the party line.

Far left drones posts: "Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

The irony impaired far left drones and their comments!

You are not only dumb, you are a dishonest jerk too. I wrote this:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

You are a despicable LIAR!

Once again showing you are far left hack...

Lying about it will not help you, you are a far left hack and proven it once again!

KOSH WROTE: "MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUSCUS WILL EVER VOTE TO INCREASE A TAX OR SUPPORT GUN CONTROL.

HE LEFT OUT THE WORD FEW, AS QUOTED FROM THE ORIGINAL POST HERE:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

And you keep proving that you are a far left drone as you distract from the fact that you have no clue about the citizens united ruling other than far left religious dogma..

 

[Seawytch]

It doesn't seem money is buying much by way of influence with voters.

A fluke...or the new reality of the internet age?

Discuss...

This isn't new. Look back at the 2010 Gubernatorial Election in California. Meg Whitman spent enough money to buy every Californian a car and Jerry Brown barely spent enough to buy a condo in Alameda. Jerry won handily.

CU is actually hurting the GOP right now. You'd have a much smaller field of candidates if not for folks like Sheldon Adelson propping up their flavor of the month.

And the Obama stimulus would have helped all those that got under water with their mortgages out of trouble!

But if not for this ruling the far left would not have access to the unions money!

You have no idea what the Citizens United ruling was about do you?

He really has no clue in general, the guys an echo of RW Propaganda.

And the irony impairment far left drone does it again!

They honestly believe that unions are not tax exempt corporations..

Supreme Court Gives Corporations, Unions Power to Spend Unlimited Sums on Political Messaging

You seem to think the unions couldn't give money before, moron. "But if not for this ruling the far left would not have access to the unions money"

Let me ask you something, OshKoshB'gosh, do you like the CU ruling? Do you like the idea of unlimited, anonymous spending in political campaigns?

 

[Wry Catcher]

Kosh, it's true, you really have no clue; you simply echo the party line.

Far left drones posts: "Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

The irony impaired far left drones and their comments!

You are not only dumb, you are a dishonest jerk too. I wrote this:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

You are a despicable LIAR!

Once again showing you are far left hack...

Lying about it will not help you, you are a far left hack and proven it once again!

KOSH WROTE: "MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUSCUS WILL EVER VOTE TO INCREASE A TAX OR SUPPORT GUN CONTROL.

HE LEFT OUT THE WORD FEW, AS QUOTED FROM THE ORIGINAL POST HERE:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

And you keep proving that you are a far left drone as you distract from the fact that you have no clue about the citizens united ruling other than far left religious dogma..

On second thought, maybe you are Insane.

 

[Kosh]

Far left drones posts: "Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

The irony impaired far left drones and their comments!

You are not only dumb, you are a dishonest jerk too. I wrote this:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

You are a despicable LIAR!

Once again showing you are far left hack...

Lying about it will not help you, you are a far left hack and proven it once again!

KOSH WROTE: "MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUSCUS WILL EVER VOTE TO INCREASE A TAX OR SUPPORT GUN CONTROL.

HE LEFT OUT THE WORD FEW, AS QUOTED FROM THE ORIGINAL POST HERE:

"few members of the Republican Caucus will ever vote to increase a tax or support gun control"

And you keep proving that you are a far left drone as you distract from the fact that you have no clue about the citizens united ruling other than far left religious dogma..

On second thought, maybe you are Insane.

Notice after the far left drones are shown facts that destroys their religious narratives this is how they will act!