{"id":810,"date":"2012-11-12T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/12\/death-of-big-money-not-even-close"},"modified":"2012-11-12T15:46:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T15:46:00","slug":"death-of-big-money-not-even-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"Death of big money? Not even close"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/12\/us\/politics\/a-vote-for-unlimited-campaign-financing.html?ref=politics&amp;_r=0\" title=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/12\/us\/politics\/a-vote-for-unlimited-campaign-financing.html?ref=politics&amp;_r=0\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/12\/us\/politics\/a-vote-for-unlimited-campaign-financing.html?ref=politics&amp;_r=0<\/a><br \/>This link tells a sad truth about the election that just concluded.<br \/>The biggest \u2013 and most welcome \u2013 victim of the outcome were the big, deep-pocketed campaign donors. But the result did not deal them a fatal blow. <br \/>President Obama\u2019s re-election came as a surprise to the super PAC crowd, led by Karl \u201cBush\u2019s Brain\u201d Rove, who went into an apoplectic fit the moment the TV networks called \u201cgame over\u201d when Ohio\u2019s electoral votes landed in the president\u2019s lap. Moreover, the super PACs that had given truckloads of cash to Senate and House candidates saw their efforts go for naught. The super PACs, namely the GOP-leaning conservative crowd, watched Democrats tighten their grip on the Senate and gain a handful of seats in the Republican-led House. <br \/>And of course, the president\u2019s decisive Electoral College win showed that voters\u2019 loyalty cannot necessarily be purchased with negative ads financed by anonymous benefactors.<br \/>The Citizens United ruling in 2010 unleashed this electoral monster. The Supreme Court declared that big corporations had just as much right as normal folks \u2013 people like you and me \u2013 to express their political views. The amount of their money does allow them to buy more TV air time than your Average Joe or Jane. Thus, they can speak more loudly.<br \/>It\u2019s far from a done deal that the thumping these big spenders took at the polls last week will silence them. Indeed, now we hear that the conservative action groups are gearing for the next big fight, the 2014 midterm election, to knock off some of those traitorous moderates who just can\u2019t stop saying nice things about the monsters on the other side of the aisle, which includes President Obama.<br \/>Still, by my reckoning, the 2012 election produced \u2013 at many levels \u2013 a most satisfying outcome.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/12\/us\/politics\/a-vote-for-unlimited-campaign-financing.html?ref=politics&amp;_r=0This link tells a sad truth about the election that just concluded.The biggest \u2013 and most welcome \u2013 victim of the outcome were the big, deep-pocketed campaign donors. But the result did not deal them a fatal blow. President Obama\u2019s re-election came as a surprise to the super PAC crowd, led by Karl \u201cBush\u2019s Brain\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=810\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Death of big money? 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