The Inside Story of How Fundraisers Allowed Billionaires to Take Over Politics
by
Lindsay Mark Lewis, Jim Arkedis
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
When Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush in 1992, their campaigns spent a total of $192 million—combined! In 2012, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney spent over $7 billion, including outside funding from superPACs—nearly 37 times more than just 20 years earlier.
All that money didn't appear...