Doctorate in Political Science from the university of california at berkeley. Welcome back to cato, ray. Thank you for having me. What can i say about the impact of Citizens United . Likable academic, i will say its too soon to tell and we need more research. Bob said as much. When this is done, i will speculate. Im worried about what is happening to Party Organizations. Its not entirely the fault of Citizens United but that in combination with speech now has made it far much worse for parties. I the more money should flow through Political Parties and civic groups because at least in theory parties are more accountable and tend to use their money to help challenges and are less inclined to support extremist, which is no small matter in todays polarized environment. Here we go. Thank you. Here are some trends i see and how citizen as united plays into them. It did not cause them but it greases the wheels, especially since 2000 to when Congress Passed the Bipartisan Campaign reform act.
Social secretary of the white house. Soon after the socialists a cap after the Social Security social secretary had a conversation with the first lady, he would lay out who, when, where, and how it was going to be about. There was a lot of planning. Usually these events are planned three, four, sometimes as much as a year into the future. Sometimes a lot less time. The planning is intensive. I think one of the things people forget about state dinners is that they set a style for the white house from a social aspect and they also set a first ladys style. We deal with things like the flowers, the table settings, what color dress is the first lady going to wear at a state dinner . I can remember the chief florist at the white house getting together with the first ladies and actually having a sample of the fabric, the color and texture, and planning flowers and the color of the tablecloths and how the tape was going to be set with what kind of decorations. But basically, the first lady has
Through Political Parties and civic groups because at least in theory parties are more accountable and tend to use their money to help challenges and are less inclined to support extremist, which is no small matter in todays polarized environment. Here we go. Thank you. Here are some trends i see and how citizen as united plays into them. It did not cause them but it greases the wheels, especially since 2000 to when Congress Passed the Bipartisan Campaign reform act. There is a redistribution of money away from cant attend toward groups. Candidates are chiefly responsible but more is spent by others and for a while was Political Parties but it is non party groups and Citizens United cracked up this dynamic. There are strong incentives for collective action by partisans. National Politics Today is about highstakes elections. Both parties have a chance to control government and have very different views about what should be done. Because of this, parses want to organize and coordinate bu