Facebook is raising its political profile ahead of the 2012 presidential election. the social media giant which has 800 million users worldwide formed a political action committee to allow facebook to expand the washington footprint. fb pac will allow them to donate to political candidates. joining me now is michael sheerer. what are the intentions of facebook here? >> i guess they wanted more friends and what better way to get more friends than to create a pac and buy some? they really need the influence in washington. there's all sorts of issues that the companies are facing. privacy issues,...