Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140403:18:32:00
Reforms were put in place to try and put checks on the influence of big money in politics. for a while, that might have worked but over the last 12 years, big money has gradually made a comeback. 2012 was the most expensive election season in u.s. history. the septembcenter for responsiv politics estimates $6 billion was spent in total, with outside groups contributing as much as a billion dollars, and according to the sun life foundation, just 1,200 individuals spent $155 million of that total. and now, we have last weekend's first ever adelson primary, where republican hopefuls brought big d...