Super PACs rely on wealthy individuals for outside money in elections

Wed, 02/08/2012 - 15:37
  • Year: 2012
  • Length: 6:05 minutes (5.57 MB)
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In a blow to Republican candidate Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum won all three primary contests Tuesday night—in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota. But the results were non-binding —and no candidate is anywhere near the number of delegates needed to lock in the party nomination. Meanwhile, supporters of Barack Obama received an e-mail earlier this week announcing that the President’s reelection campaign will now formally support the Super PAC “Priorities USA”—despite President Obama’s public stance against the influence of outside spending in politics. FSRN's Alice Ollstein reports from Washington, D.C.

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