Scott Walker's Huge Fundraising Advantage -Huffpo

[flamingdem]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/04/huffpost-fundrace----scot_n_1569241.html

The recall election of Gov. Scott Walker is tomorrow and the incumbent governor has benefited from a massive fundraising disparity. The Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News reports that Walker has outraised Democrat Tom Barrett by a 7 to 1 margin, "Tuesday’s recall election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker is the most expensive in Wisconsin history. More than $63.5 million has been spent by candidates and independent groups, the overwhelming majority underwritten by out-of-state sources. The record spending total was made possible thanks to the Citizens United U.S. Supreme Court decision — which had the effect of invalidating Wisconsin’s century-old ban on independent expenditures by corporations and unions — and a state law that allows unlimited contributions to the incumbent in recall elections. ...While Barrett has received about 26 percent of his $4 million in campaign donations from outside the Badger State, Walker has drawn nearly two-thirds of his $30.5 million contributions from out of state, according to campaign filings released May 29. Walker has outraised Barrett 7 ½ to 1 since late 2011, though Barrett didn’t enter the race until late March."

[applegrove]

1. "We don't mind that you are rich; we mind that you are buying our government" (Occupy protestor)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. If Walker loses it'll be sweet to think of all the money the fat cats lost

The depletion of their funds would be frosting on the cake.

[cprise]

3. They don't lose it

The money goes primarily to large corporate media mouthpieces.