A million dollars in the presidential election is a spit in the ocean. It's not a lot of money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When billionaires can give $50 million, $500 million to a campaign, and there's no limit, then it makes a mockery of 'one man, one vote.'
I think it is wrong to spend $4 or $5 million in a campaign.
The voters of Hawaii have said loud and clear that it's not money that wins elections.
After the first million, money isn't important.
Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.
A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd amount of money that is required to compete. Just put it on ESPN and call it a sporting event.
Anyone who has been around Washington politics long enough can't avoid this truism: Election-year money is like a rushing river that invariably finds cracks in any dam the reformers erect.
Presidential money is almost like the housing bubble. It's growing at such an astronomical rate, you think it can't get any bigger.
Money in politics is a huge issue.
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.