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Last one is how it's become a risk to them to hold this in their portfolio. >> they manufacturer something like 31% of semiautomatics. >> they manufacturered the gun that was used. i think it's too late -- >> katrina, i want to read an excerpt. sam stein and paul bloomenthal have an interesting read in the huffington post talking about the strength of the nra which we all anecdotally agree is financial power. sam and paul make the point that it's actually their grassroots network, and i'll read an excerpt. the group's great clout lies in the sheer number of people it can mobilize. the nra boas...

>> thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. and if you want more from the "huffington post," who has invested wonderfully in the journalism around this problem, paul and his colleagues at "the huffington post" on the front of their website today has a whole stack of reporting on the super pacs and the secret money in politics. more details on that renee ellmers story and the vote changing. plus, if you like the videos that you've seen here on the show, we have them posted as blogs on our website, dylanratigan.com. it is the full place for mad as hell: get money out of coverage, including that to...

You want the job, you write the cash and buy it at the price. and, you know, for the higher up you go in the party, the more you have to raise. i mean, these guys are running an auction system. and it's, of course, not just the democrats. this is -- there is successful bipartisanship in america. it has to do with money in politics. >> why are you laughing, paul? >> that is just a huge thing that has changed over the past 30 years, along with the introduction of campaign finance reform is, you know, originally, congressional chairmanships were given out based on seniority, a lot of the leadersh...

And someone had to go and he was the one. it's using the money to annihilate the very reputation of a candidate who could be in your way. in this case, if you're romney, iannihilate newt gingrich and i'm good to go. joining us now is paul bloomenthal. he's the author of a website that allows us to track who is donating what to which candidates. what exactly are we tracking? we talk about how there's all this anonymous money. what are you able to track and what do we learn when we look at that site, paul? >> when you look at the site, you can track a whole host of kinds of campaign contribution...

Annihilate the very reputation of a candidate who could be in your way. in this case, if you're romney, iannihilate newt gingrich and i'm good to go. joining us now is paul bloomenthal. he's the author of a website that allows us to track who is donating what to which candidates. what exactly are we tracking? we talk about how there's all this anonymous money. what are you able to track and what do we learn when we look at that site, paul? >> when you look at the site, you can track a whole host of kinds of campaign contributions. you can type in your zip code and look up who is giving money i...