huckabee. we had mike huckabee, if there were an evangelical candidate? he had no money. he had no money. and he did an awesome job with the two cents he had. i want to ask a question. i don t like this conversation, but i have to do it. did jack kennedy being catholic once he was president have anything to do with it? does religion at all in a general term guide you in any way to your policies? when we look at the research, we find partisanship matters more than religious affiliation. but it s a different day than kennedy s day. he ran on putting his falsism aside in a way but rick
that i m not coordinating with, we can explore taking this country back. thank you. god bless you all. and god bless citizens united. that s the great steven colbert. his satire about money in politics. it continued last night. he announced had his plan to consider running for president thanks to a new poll that showed he s actually ahead of jon huntsman in south carolina. the fake commentator formed a real super pac this summer called americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow. he said it twice. and last night he continued. e he stepped down from his super pac since technically candidates c cannot coordinate the groups, which can raise unlimited amounts of money from anybody to support candidates. what constitutes coordination is often a very murky question.ç who took over his pac? none other than his partner jon
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limits. i m going to raise as much money because i can. you talked for a long time about the importance of super pacs, but we have seen an effect nobody thought of. it s propping up candidates and keeping candidates in the race that voters have rejected. santorum, perry, gingrich, are only being listened to because of the big super pac money. it s part of the reason for the surge. colbert super pac has released five ads now. take a look at this one from november from long-shot presidential candidate buddy roamer. it s not an endorsement since he appears in it. it s an issue ad. he s appearing in the ad, and it s not called an ad for him. let s watch. i didn t pay for it. colbert super pac did. and super pacs are not supposed to coordinate with candidates like me. but because this is an issueç about super pacs not coordinating with candidates, i
the house, because a lot of rank and file member does not want to have to deal with this issue two months later, they see it a political victory for the president. boehner saying he would attach key step to any extension, throwing meet meat to his colleagues. more likely than not, thomas, we will see next week unemployment benefits, keystone, everything else, payroll tax holiday, everything we have heard from harry reid and mitch mcconnell, seem to be trending that way. luke russert, great to see you this morning. thank you, sir. take care, thomas. big super pac money going into big ads across iowa. mitt romney supporters on the offensive against newt gingrich, making voters think twice about the former speaker with the caucuses now just 18 days away. let bring in and say good morning to innocence deputy political director mark murray. you have broken down the numbers for us, the numbers comes to total spending by presidential advertisers by state. well really deseeing the big mo