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Tashiro Posted 15 years ago
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"PETER OVERBY: The most telling amount in a presidential campaign is how much the winner raised. For President Obama in 2008, that number was nearly $746 million. It was double what then-President George W. Bush raised just four years earlier, which itself was double what Bush raised four years before that. It's the first time ever that presidential fundraising has shot up that fast, and it puts the Obama reelection campaign within easy reach of raising one billion dollars, a volume of cash that takes the campaign out of politics as usual."
I don't understand the meaning of the bold expression.
"OVERBY: One or two billion-dollar candidates might also quash an old cliche about political money, that mandatory contribution limits choke the debate."
I don't understand the meaing of the bold sentence in context.
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=133809150
"PETER OVERBY: The most telling amount in a presidential campaign is how much the winner raised. For President Obama in 2008, that number was nearly $746 million. It was double what then-President George W. Bush raised just four years earlier, which itself was double what Bush raised four years before that. It's the first time ever that presidential fundraising has shot up that fast, and it puts the Obama reelection campaign within easy reach of raising one billion dollars, a volume of cash that takes the campaign out of politics as usual."
I don't understand the meaning of the bold expression.
"OVERBY: One or two billion-dollar candidates might also quash an old cliche about political money, that mandatory contribution limits choke the debate."
I don't understand the meaing of the bold sentence in context.
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=133809150
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" The US Congress has been fighting over this issue for years. The party in power tries to pass laws to prevent the other party from raising money, or laws to enable themselves to raise more. The bold sentence suggests that good and fair debate requires lots of money, and it shouldn't be limited.
- " The US Congress has been fighting over this issue for years.
- The party in power tries to pass laws to prevent the other party from raising money, or laws to enable themselves to raise more.
- The bold sentence suggests that good and fair debate requires lots of money, and it shouldn't be limited.
- It also suggests that if you only allow a billionaire supporter to contribute $2,000, you're interfering with his right to free speech.
- tashiro a volume of cash that takes the campaign out of politics as usual.
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tashiromandatory contribution limits choke the debateYour author calls this one "an old cliche about political money."
The US Congress has been fighting over this issue for years. The party in power tries to pass laws to prevent the other party from raising money, or laws to enable themselves to raise more.
The bold sentence suggests
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