Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Races for Congress feel super PAC influence

Races for Congress feel super PAC influence by MSW.  MGB: Actually, if the economy comes back and the GOP convention is a debacle, 2012 could be a landslide - at least in the Electoral College.  Ideally, all funds should be filtered through the party, especially nomination fights, with candidates for nomination funded equally if they have significant support (say 15% of a caucus held to decide who is eligible to get funded).  Fixing SuperPACs won't fix gerrymandering, however.  Oddly, GOP SuperPACs, if they unseat incumbent Republicans or lead to fringe Tea Partiers edging out more centrist candidates may just keep the Senate with Democrats.  With likely Democratic wins in the House (a good ground game in the 75 GOP at-risk districts will do a lot given that only 25 seats need to change hands for Pelosi to regain the Speakership), this may well be a banner year for Democrats, who will likely fashion workarounds for Citizens United.

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