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Mayberry Machiavelli

(21,096 posts) Mon Nov 12, 2012, 06:01 PM Nov 2012

I think some SuperPAC money will be used more effectively squashing loony candidates in primaries.

I suspect that in the future, some of the big GOP money will go to crushing the Akins, Mourdocks, and in the Presidential primaries, the Bachmanns and Cains.

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I think some SuperPAC money will be used more effectively squashing loony candidates in primaries. (Original Post) Mayberry Machiavelli Nov 2012 OP

Perhaps you're right customerserviceguy Nov 2012 #1

Doubtful. It assumes the SuperPACs' donors are not extreme rightwingers. AlinPA Nov 2012 #2

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

1. Perhaps you're right

Reply to Mayberry Machiavelli (Original post)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 06:25 PM

Nov 2012

but that doesn't mean it will be effective. I think we've had numerous examples that prove that money doesn't always buy an election. The kooks still have the upper hand in the primaries, because they're often the only ones getting involved.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)

2. Doubtful. It assumes the SuperPACs' donors are not extreme rightwingers.

Reply to Mayberry Machiavelli (Original post)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 06:41 PM

Nov 2012

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