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2010 citizens united supreme court decision saying money speaks opening the floodgates for outside groups. through what we now know as superpacs. in the 2012 election cycle alone, superpacs spent over half a billion dollars. and this week, as we saw the big money influencers pull their strings on the gop, the supreme court heard what many are calling the sequel to citizens united and its even worse than the original. thanks to this man. sean mccutchen, an alabama republican who wants to get rid ...

And well see a lot of push back. we see states moving toward disclosure and i think that will be interesting. but one thing i think the case exposes, we have unlimited donations, often secret, by outside groups, incredibly restricted limits with contributions and that is the heart of what the supreme court has to decide. >> the way the rules are now, if youre running for congress or the u.s. senate or, frankly, the presidency, youre at an unfair advantage because an outside group can control the...

Mark can i says gomez will vote for conservatives and is not the kind massachusetts moderate that gomez claims he is. he says mark can i is reckless big spender and washed up insider and budget responsibility for the debt after nearly 40 years in washington. >> if you want to talk numbers, the year was 1976. $680 billion was the national debt. it is now $17 billion, sir. you are washington, d.c. and you own the national debt, sir. >> reporter: pretty tough stuff. a nasty race with lots of name-c...

Help protect democracy. so, this is more than just wisconsin, scott. >> thats one of the scary things here is for every document we were able to obtain here, theres probably 10, 20, 50 other ones we dont know about. thats just within the romney campaign. i mean, there are these new outside groups who are fanning across the country like true the vote whose express purpose is to send poll watchers to heavy minority districts and the idea is to slow down the process, issue challenges on eligibility...

In 2008 artist shepard ferry inspired many with his barack obama hope poster. as a supporter of unpack.org, a group aimed at reducing the influence of money in politics he presided over an art competition to select an image to inspire others. the winner 21-year-old nashville artist landon wicks created this image showing the monopoly man rich uncle penny bags along with the message keep money out of politics. ferry and obama supporters says, quote -- that effort comes against this backdrop. last...

Adelson or donald trump. regardless of the spit take it causes from your fathers old friends as you try to wrap yourself in the mantle of your fathers integrity, the fact is funds must be raised and the romney campaign announced that just last month in september they raised $170 million chrks, which is a lot but is $10 million less than the obama campaign raised. the campaigns are closely matched with what they are raising. where the president and democrats are getting swamped is by the money sp...

Causes from your fathers old friends as you try to wrap yourself in the mantle of your fathers integrity, the fact is funds must be raised and the romney campaign announced that just last month in september they raised $170 million, which is a lot but is $10 million less than the obama campaign raised. the campaigns are closely matched with what they are raising. where the president and democrats are getting swamped is by the money spent by outside groups. the dark money. money spent outside the...

He says he was annoyed by mr. romneys references to his father as inspiration and influence on him. "i just dont see it." where is it? is it on issues? no. george would never have been seen with the likes of sheldon adelson or donald trump. regardless of the spit take it causes from your fathers old friends as you try to wrap yourself in the mantle of your fathers integrity, the fact is funds must be raised and the romney campaign announced that just last month in september they raised $170 mill...

The past few days the number has shrunk. it was six points and now its three points. hes still got a lead but its contracting not expanding. thats the dynamic at work now in the gallup poll. the first number is about money. we reported that mitt romney and the republicans raised more money month of may than obama and the democrats did. romney and the republicans did that in june and in july. in august they did not do that. they did not. president obama and the democrats out raised mitt romney an...

Not expanding. that is the dynamic that is at work right now nationally in the gallup poll. i said there was a dynamic and two numbers. the first number is about money. we reported a couple of weeks ago that mitt romney and the republicans had raised more money in the month of may than romney did and they did that again in june and july. the democrats outraised mitt romney in august which was an unexpected development and one that made obama supporters feel good. but nbc news today looked at the...