So fears over Citizens United was GREATLY overblown, yes?

[Mr Khan]

amp316 said:

badgenome said:
No one with half a brain thought otherwise. If it were possible to buy elections in that manner, all the bazillionaires who spend millions and millions of their own fortunes would win and we'd have Governor Meg Whitman and Senators Linda McMahon and John Raese. Elections are bought with public money, not with private money.

Yep, we would have had President Ross Perot for eight years.

Steve Forbes in the 90s probably could've beaten Perot, and he did try in 96, but couldn't even beat Bob Dole in the primaries.

Hopefully the failure of super-mega-PACs like Crossroads GPS convinces people to not spend so much money on so much ad space in the future. This election was just oversaturated, by all sides.