The next step in electoral corruption: Expect Democrats to Make Political Hay of This
Expect Democrats to Make Political Hay of This
Posted on January 10, 2012 11:43 am by Rick Hasen
Republican National Committee files brief in 4th Circuit Danielczyk case today arguing that for-profit corporations have the constitutional right to make campaign contributions directly to candidates. (h/t Ken Vogel) (More from Ken here) http://images.politico.com/global/2012/01/rncamicus.html
Especially if Romney is the nominee, expect this to be rolled into Romney’s “corporations are people, my friend” line, the Bain Capital stuff, and the recent “I like to fire people gaffe,” with Occupy undertones, for Democrats (or their super PAC surrogates) to make an anti-corporate, Populist message for Obama’s reelection.
links to pdfs:
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=27702
That's right. If this succeeds we shouldn't even bother to hold elections anymore. We'll just let the most profitable corporations hire politicians directly. President of the United States will only be middle management, of course, but it will look good on the resume and be good preparation for the executive suite.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/next-step-in-electoral-corruption.html
