just enough particularly in battleground states to make sure that if it s a close election, which is probably will be, that they can peel off another a certain amount of votes. melanie said it right. the reality is that this is voter suppression. this is just instead of jim crow of the 60s, this is james crow esquire. and james crow esquire junior has a big bank account because melanie, as you exposed, that in 2006, independent groups spent $69 million. last year it was 61 congressional seats flipping, they spent $305 million. and that money will be dwarf. we ll see this election well over a pill i don t know dollars spent and we re not talking about the candidates themselves. we re talking about outside groups sponsored by karl rove,
you owe me this, you owe me that. sean: if you ran a business and somebody come in that might sue you if you don t give them the job, would you interview them? that s a problem for the goal he s trying to achieve. how did they sneak that in? you read the entire bill last night? sean: no louie did. 305 million americans, you found the one guy. sean: he s the guy. another issue paul krugman accused president george w. bush and rudy giuliani of profiting off of 9/11. does it get any more despicable from the left on party of tea party members that are racist that want blacks hanging from trees that should go straight to hell, we are at war with them, they are sob s. he s a brilliant economist
you owe me this, you owe me that. sean: if you ran a business and somebody come in that might sue you if you don t give them the job, would you interview them? that s a problem for the goal he s trying to achieve. how did they sneak that in? you read the entire bill last night? sean: no louie did. 305 million americans, you found the one guy. sean: he s the guy. another issue paul krugman accused president george w. bush and rudy giuliani of profiting off of 9/11. does it get any more despicable from the left on party of tea party members that are racist that want blacks hanging from trees that should go straight to hell, we are at war with them, they are sob s. he s a brilliant economist
america coming together, an outside group aligned with democrats and backed by george sor soros. the fine was $775,000 a paltry sum compared to the $137 million the group raised. penalties aside, campaign finance watchdogs believe the floodgates are open and outside cash and influence are only getting bigger. well, chuck, obviously the $305 million that got spent, that s the most ever and that was just in a midterm. that outpaced spending in a presidential election for the first time. i m a believerer that outside groups can have influence on midterms and house and senate races. i m more skeptical they can have more influential on a presidential. act is a proof positive of that. because guess what? kerry lost. up next, our pac show just keeps going. we have a panel of washington heavy weights and an indiana guy, too. we ll talk about how the job numbers will play out on the
in the 92 election they spent just $19 million. by 2000 it doubled to 51 million, quadrupled to 200 million in 2004 and in the 2008 presidential race they spent a record $300 million. last year the supreme court ruled that outside groups could raise unlimited money from corporations. the u.s. supreme court today overturned laws on the books for nearly a century and ruled that corporations can spend freely now on political campaigns. reporter: in the 2010 midterms outside groups spent $305 million. one of the biggest players? american crossroads and crossroads gps, founded by bush adviser karl rove and others. they spent $70 million in 2010, helping republicans take back the house. in 2012, they pledge to spend $120 million. the koch brothers maligned by the left say they ll spend 88