[EL] Sen. Sanders and Citizens United

[Mark Scarberry]

Didn't Sen. Sanders make the usual mistake in saying that Citizens United opened the door to unlimited campaign spending by the rich?
>From the prepared text of the speech he gave yesterday:
"This election is about overturning Citizens United, one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in the history of our country. That decision allows the wealthiest people in America, like the billionaire Koch brothers, to spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying elections and, in the process, undermine American democracy."
Is it likely that this is an honest mistake? That's a genuine question. I don't know how sophisticated he and his advisors may be. Would it have been as politically effective if he instead had said that Buckley should be partially overruled? (Obviously, the answer to that second question is "no.")
I'm also curious whether any of the campaign spending this cycle has been by corporations controlled by the extremely rich (other than some media corporations that would have claimed refuge under Austin)?
Mark Scarberry
	
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