Candidates use wealthy friends as campaign lifelines

The race for the White House is in full gear as candidates flood the airwaves with negative attack ads. Chip Reid reports most of the funding for their campaigns, on both sides of the political spectrum, is coming from the candidates' wealthy friends and Super PAC funds.

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[spliffsperlunk]

The middle class better wise up and support Ron Paul or theyre gonna get just another shill for the status quo.

[TCB12453]

Obama = The most corrupt president I have seen!

[iBertolucci]

We don't even vote for these people! They just spam their ugly faces all over the place to make it seem like we did. Pathetic!

[OlderG0ds]

This shit is so corrupt..

[bob18robert]

@asperin is this your praying? he did good job brainwashing paulestinians

[kingston0708]

i have to wonder why any free american would vote for these people!!

[DBSpy1]

Sure is a good thing god became a Republican that only loves the wealthy in the 80s.

[asperin]

Only a society that values power over philosophy will choose such candidates.

Ron Paul is not doing any of these things. Ron Paul is a man of principle.

[richradtylr4]

Not Ron Paul.