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"The issue about money in politics is about health care. It is about telecommunications policy. It is about the budget. It is the issue that provides a sort of wall against anyone who wants …

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I dont think the problem is the influx of money into the system. I think the influx of money from, perhaps, from some special interests, big money sources is uh a problem, but not money itse…

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"There is too much special interest money. Which does undermine public confidence, which is a central part of this problem uh- the fact of the matter is when you try to figure out what goe…

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"I think the system is schewing out of control. Some have actually called it a plutocracy."

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"It’s the issue of equality and fairness, an equal opportunity in the political system. Does everyone have access, either as candidates or as voters, or as pleaders in terms of making public…

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"And so I would say that this is an issue having to do with electoral democracy rather than one that just deals with clean government. It’s a much more fundamental and systemic problem."

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"It was and it has been the wall of this money coming from all kinds of interests that has blocked a whole host of uh-uh issues (pause) a slew of environmental issues, mining reform, Superf…

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"one of the principal hang ups has been partisan self-interest. Democrats trying to protect their turf, for example. House Democrats not wanting to give up that political action committee m…

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"In fact, the President was advised in several op-ed pieces in the major newspapers to do (pause) if he wanted to do health care reform to do campaign finance reform first. And I think that …

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"I think it is the fundamental issue, and I think activists are beginning to understand that. If they care about health care, it's money in politics first"

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