I heard that
decades ago Newt and some colleagues calculated how much it would cost to buy the US presidency starting at the local level.
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chompedhomas, Sun 22 Jan 2012, 10:00,
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Thanks to the Supreme Court
that calculation would be useless now - one rich guy can contribute untold millions to candidate of choice...
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tubaman, Sun 22 Jan 2012, 19:56,
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