Santorum picks up a second sugar daddy.

[RandySF]

The super PAC supporting Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign pulled in $2.1 million in January – half of which came from a relatively low-profile Louisiana energy executive, according to a report filed Monday evening with the Federal Election Commission.......

The super PAC, which has raised $2.8 million since it was formed last October, got $1 million last month from Louisiana energy executive William J. Dore, whose biggest prior federal donation on record had been $50,000 to the Republican Governors Association in 2010.

Meanwhile, high-profile Santorum backer Foster Friess continued giving, dropping in $669,000 on top of the $331,000 he had given to the PAC last year.

The PAC received $100,000 from Yonkers, N.Y.-based firearms manufacturer Kimber Manufacturing Inc., and $50,000 each from the ActRight PAC, as well as from Richard F. Barry of San Rafael, Calif., Timothy Busch of Irvine, Calif., and Terrence R. Caster of El Cajon, Calif. It also accepted, then refunded $50,000 from a London-based company called Liquid Capital Markets, Ltd., since it’s illegal for foreign entities to spend money on U.S. politics.


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73095.html#ixzz1n0DxjYR8

[Old and In the Way]

1. The new billionaire hobby - funding republican presidential candidates.

Thanks SCOTUS! We appreciate your concern that there's not enough money spent buying candidates for one's personal 'free speech' needs.

[safeinOhio]

2. Ha............

The Koch heads blew their $ on the wrong guy.

[DCKit]

3. The Super Pacs took less than two years to prove the Supremes were wrong.

If they don't reverse the decision before 2013, we need to call for the dismissal of those who voted for it.

[KharmaTrain]

4. Not A Chance...

This genie is long out of the bottle and the only way it can be put back in is with a constitutional ammendment...and that's an iffy proposition at best. While the politicians bemoan Citizens United, quietly they've welcomed it as it's easier to deal with large donors than small ones...and we've seen how one sugar daddy can keep a campaign going even if it looks futile to others. Since Politician A does it, Politician B has to or else be heavily outspent and neither side is going to disarm voluntarily.

We live in a non-stop campaign world...no sooner is one election over then the next begins. The political landscape is now polluted with full time fundraisers and campaign consultants and staff that operate year 'round...there's a lot of money in the campaign game and too many hands in the til to turn back such a fountain of cash as CU. Get used to it, campaigns are now officially sold to the highest bidder. The best way for this to end is when enough billionaires get burnt and decide to spend their money on other toys...and that's not gonna happen very soon.

[DCKit]

5. Dog, I hope you're totally wrong, but i'm not holding my breath. nt