Could Stealth Spending Decide the Presidential Race?

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November 12, 2010

Could Stealth Spending Decide the Presidential Race?


Walter Shapiro thinks undisclosed outside spending -- "invisible-hand politics at its most insidious" -- could play a major factor in the 2012 presidential race.

"What congressional inaction means is that the theme song of the 2012 presidential campaign will be Cole Porter's Anything Goes. Already, the Democrats are laying the groundwork for a new alms (not arms) race in which fundraising by shadowy liberal groups will match spending by subterranean conservative outfits. For every set of billionaire Koch brothers for the Republicans, the Democrats can counter with the likes of George Soros. The result will be the political version of Cold War overkill with both sides bristling with vast arsenals of negative ads, a thousand points of blight."

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2. OK, I think this is fucking scary. The 2012 race will be determined

not by ballots that might be twisted, but $ and opinions swayed by the bigwigs instead of people. :(