Thursday, January 3, 2008

Big Money's Sway in 2008 Presidential Race

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6980589.stm

"Mary Boyle, communications director for Common Cause, a good-government reform group, explains how "bundlers" have become the new political power brokers. 'When you have the head of an oil company who's helping raise $200,000 for you, it's likely that person is going to have some access and influence to you that other members of the public don't get - and that's where you see the influence in policy,'" she says.

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