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.
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Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.
This is other people's money that Washington is appropriating and spending.
Money in politics is a huge issue.
Sadly, far too many politicians in Washington lack the courage to do something to fix our problems. They are worried about the political implications of making the hard choices we so desperately need to cut spending and shrink government.
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.
Presidential money is almost like the housing bubble. It's growing at such an astronomical rate, you think it can't get any bigger.
Washington's a cesspool of money.
In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.
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