You Can't Buy an Election
Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 18:15
As millionaires pour into his Senate race, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) advocates for public financing."'This is a staggering amount of money, obviously,' Dodd said. 'But anyone who thinks they’re going to sort of buy and election in Connecticut are kidding themselves.'"...[Dodd] counters that he has always supported public financing and has rejected donations from firms that have received Troubled Asset Relief Funds from the federal government, but he has to raise money."Click here to read the full story.