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Why is election spending by outside groups up 1,600% this year in the GOP primary?
Published: 31 January, 2012, 21:04
Today the Republican primary race for the White House hits Florida. Polls indicate that Mitt Romney is headed for a victory in the sunshine state – but are voters this year really choosing candidates – or special interest groups? Research shows that election spending by outside groups is up 1,600% this year in the Republican primary compared to 2008 – and about half of all the political ads on...
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the oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representative of the oppressing class areto represent. and oppress them- karl marx why cant everyone see two parties one agenda... just maybe ron paul will be different
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Exactly the point of complete erosion of democracy; one sees only one big political theatre (more or less a circus), where spent astronomical amount of moneys, and in the end of the day the media spin decides the winning candidate but the ordinary voter.