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The beltway press is enthralled by that mystique. but apparently speaking, that mystique is kind of hard to justify. you know how the sunlight foundation added up political spending in this past election to see who got the most bang for their buck in their political spending? it was really bad on the right. the republican partys house campaign committee spent almost $65 million, but only 32% of what they spent went to campaigns in which their candidate was successful. so two-to-one, their money ...

General ring tone for most people and then my wifes ring tone is super trooper. we stay with abba all the way through. >> well, that was, in fact, dancing queen. anyway, its not the first time abb a has caused newt to pause from politics. >> immediately allow for implementation that day of the pipeline. i had to cut off my son. that was dancing queen. i didnt have to answer it. if its super trooper, its my wife, i have to answer. i should have turned the phone off. >>. next, what money cant bu...

Behind a plan to arm the nations schools. the nra certainly has the resources to put towards such a plan. in 2010, the organization had $227 million in revenue. in the last election cycle, the nra spent more than $18 million backing pro-gun candidates. but with all that money, the group didnt have so much success. six of the seven nra-backed candidates lost their bids for the senate and of 26 house incumbents that failed to be re-elected, 18 were nra favorites. in fact, the sunlight foundation n...

And the private equity firm cerberus, something like that, capital management announced today that it will sell its company, freedom group, which makes the rifle used in fridays shooting. washington post columnist and msnbc political analyst, a senior fellow at the sunlight foundation, i want to start with you, because this is one of those experienced questions. and it is a matter of kind of gathering the sensation of all of this, some of us have been saying since monday, anyway, that this time ...

And the private equity firm cerberus, something like that, capital management announced today that it will sell its company, freedom group, which makes the rifle used in fridays shooting. washington post columnist and msnbc political analyst, a senior fellow at the sunlight foundation, i want to start with you, because this is one of those experienced questions. and it is a matter of kind of gathering the sensation of all of this, some of us have been saying since monday, anyway, that this time ...

In the mid-90s she turned down offer by the sudanese government to arrest usama bin laden. >> she is completely unable to admit she was wrong and take an position that led to escape of the man that ultimately killed 3,000 american, usama bin laden. >> rice may face trouble from the left not because of the diplomatic record but her financial one. sunlight foundation that espouses government transisnt reports rice and her husband said to be worth more than $20 million own between a quarter and hal...

The common wisdom has long been that any reform of gun laws even just a restoration of the slightly more moderate gun policy we used to have in in country. the common wisdom is that that is completely impossible because of the political power of the national rifle association. the nra doesnt want any gun laws and so we cant have any gun laws, theyre too powerful, they control it. does that common wisdom change at all once you know that this is the truth about the nra right now? the sunlight foun...

Slightly more moderate gun policy we used to have in in country. the common wisdom is that that is completely impossible because of the political power of the national rifle association. the nra doesnt want any gun laws and so we cant have any gun law, theyre too powerful, they control it. does that common wisdom change at all once you know that this is the truth about the nra right now? the sunlight foundation crunched the numbers and the political action committee got as return on their invest...

We might be retiring that particular logo now because it may well be that the dirty money didnt get anywhere this election. back to "hardball" for some good news for people who dont like too much money in politics. outside of mitt romney, karl rove might have been the biggest loser this election day. two days ago the political wizard spent the night on fox news denying reality as the returns came in on ohio and he couldnt believe them. wouldnt believe them. he also had a surprising lack of succe...

Magazine" and an msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, youre both pros. money, money talks. bs walks. you heard the old phrase. this time money didnt seem to talk, at least not in the general election, or at least not for senate and presidential. >> weve been talking about the post-citizens united world with the super pacs, with their affiliated dark money groups and how they can collect unlimited amounts and add it up -- >> anonymously. >> anonymously -- to very little. i mean, the track record. ...