Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120420:20:18:00
It's obviously tons of money. it's crazy what our candidates and legislators spend dialing for dollars, but in aggregate, it's something less than the u.s. spends on potato chips or soft drinks. so should we really be jumping off a cliff when political campaigning costs this much? i want to hear you react to it. >> it's not the percent of the gdp i'm worried about, it's our impact on the democracy and whaet being put forth. mitt romney and president obama, both of their campaigns are going to tons of cash and they're going to do all sorts of things, fundraisers, spend lots of time collecting t...