Citizens United

[finehoe]

    All told, the political network overseen by the conservative billionaires Charles G. and David H. Koch appeared to be the largest overall source of outside television spending on behalf of Republicans. Seven Koch-backed groups spent roughly $77 million on television advertising in the midterm elections, officials said, including eleven Senate races. Koch groups appeared to be the biggest outside spenders on television in Arkansas, Iowa and Louisiana, airing a combined $25 million in ads. Republican candidates won Arkansas and Iowa, and the party's candidate is favored to win a coming runoff in Louisiana.

    American Crossroads and its affiliated nonprofit group spent $50 million on political advertising, and at least $20 million more on so-called issue ads, a spokesman said. The groups dominated outside spending in Alaska, where the Crossroads groups put about $7 million into television advertising, and Colorado, fielding close to $14 million, which helped crush Senator Mark Udall, the Democratic incumbent who was once favored to win.

    All told, Republican outside groups spent about $205 million on television advertising, according to a Democrat tracking media purchases, while Democratic groups spent $132 million.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/us/politics/koch-brothers-republican-super-pac-spending-pays-off.html

[ronchamblin]

"As federal courts opened new avenues of influence for the wealthy, and lenient enforcement effectively neutered what few legal and regulatory restraints remained on big-money politics, they took advantage of every available tool."

Shameful.  Allowing money into politics at such overwhelming levels, ensures mediocrity, ineptness, and further corruption in government.  It ensures more legislation that can only lead to further abuse of the average citizen.  With the passage of time, more segments of the population will experience an awakening ... causing elements of discord, dissension, and resistance ... then various acts of anarchy ... with efforts to rebellion and retaliation against the accumulated powers of a plutocracy ensconced for far too long. 

The truth, held captive by those benefiting from the perpetuation of myths and lies, will through time emerge into public consciousness, bringing greater clarity to evidence against the predators upon the citizen majority.  With time, the truth emerges so that all but the fool and the comfortable begin to warm to action, the obvious becomes clear, the prosecutors become emboldened, the judges and juries act.  The cell waits ... the guillotine sits high ... the rope swings loose ... the squad waits before the wall. 

[Rob68]

Just think of the jobs the good works the developement that could come the amount of cash flowing into the politicts..only the rich who have created a system that guarantee they stay rich can play in the game of politics..shame on us all for not sitting in front of our supreme court judges home picketing and rioting on such a decision...lazy democrates that just let things pass...isnt that how hitler took over his people..quietly sneeking and noone stood up to say no...