Two years ago, while delivering his State of the Union address, President Obama looked the Supreme Court justices in the face and told them they were wrong to have allowed special interests to spend without limits on campaigns. “I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests,” he said. “They should be decided by the American people.”
On Monday, the president abandoned that fundamental principle and gave in to the culture of the Citizens United decision that he once denounced as a “threat to our democracy.” [On Monday, Obama embraced the Citizens United-esque ‘Super PACs’ in his re-election campaign]
And this is why Obama is a man without principles. A typical politician who believes in winning no matter how he does it. This is why I refuse to vote Democrat or Republican. It is time for a new constitutional convention.
New York Times editorial (via curiousaleta)
The strange thing is that he probably could have a formidable campaign without the PACs and he would then be a leading example for the people running after.
(via karamazov-alexei)
Really? In this political climate, how is Obama supposed to beat his GOP opponent, especially if that person is Mitt Romney and is being funded by all of Wall Street? Economics determines election results. Part of the reason why Obama won in 2008 is because he was funded more than McCain was by PACs and Wall Street. This time around, Big Money is going with GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney. Obama would really hurt himself strategically if he didn’t embrace super PACs. This doesn’t necessarily mean, if pressured enough, he won’t fight Citizens United. Right now, you have to play the Washington game in order to be successful. That’s how badly corrupted our system is.
(via mohandasgandhi)