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Citizens united and this overall trend about money and politics? >> the short answer is yes, i think it is changing. when the decision first came through, i think it was consensus thinking practically unanimous thinking about republicans self-described conservatives, this is great, a dream come true. but turns out the dream has nightmarish hues, the candidates don't necessarily control their own campaign, nor does the state republican party, nor does the national republican party. any big money super billionaire who chooses to do so can pour money in any campaign state-wide or national campaig...

They get that all in one chunk. it goes into the bank. the campaigns get money the old-fashioned way. $2,500 at a time. and they can't use it until the checks clear. which means that almost all the best times on television, on radio have been bought up by the superpacs, not the campaigns. >> so if you have a sugar daddy, whatever you call them, say i need something to react tonight. can you give me the money? here's newt gingrich responding to the question of the reason people give this money. let's listen. >> i'd like to see a simple election reform that allows people to give unlimited after-...

Multimillion-dollar donations. they get that all in one chunk. it goes into the bank. the campaigns get money the old-fashioned way. $2,500 at a time. and they can't use it until the checks clear. which means that almost all the best times on television, on radio have been bought up by the superpacs, not the campaigns. >> so if you have a sugar daddy, whatever you call them, say i need something to react tonight. can you give me the money? here's newt gingrich responding to the question of the reason people give this money. let's listen. >> i'd like to see a simple election reform that allows ...

Money. sometimes they get multimillion-dollar donations. they get that all in one chunk. it goes into the bank. the campaigns get money the old-fashioned way. $2,500 at a time. and they can't use it until the checks cleared. which means the best times on television have been bought up by the super pacs and not the campaigns. >> so if you have a sugar daddy, whatever you call them. say i need something to react tonight. can you give me the money? here's newt gingrich responding to the question of the reason people give this money. let's listen. >> i'd like to see a simple election reform that a...

Wants to buy something or buy stock in a company that's going to be a short term success. you want it to be long term. >> with that focus on jobs, romney is trying to pivot the attention from his record and toward the man he hopes whose job he hopes to take next november. >> he's been president for three years. what's his jobs plan? what's his program to get america back to work? i have my plan. they're very critical of my plan, of course. he doesn't have one. so come up with your own, mr. president. isn't it about time? three years into your presidency with all these people out of work that y...