The New York Times had an article today about Republican presidential politics, run under the headline "G.O.P. Donors Seek to Narrow Field of Presidential Candidates to One." Here's a more accurate re-writing of the first few 'graphs:
"A small cabal of ultra-wealthy influence-buyers have begun privately negotiating among themselves to silence candidates with whom they disagree, and select a candidate who offers the best combination of electoral likability and blind allegiance to their interests, fearing that open public debate may result in the election of (gasp!!) a woman.
These negotiations, described in interviews with several men from the Korporate Klux Klan, are centered on the three potential candidates who have the greatest access to economic and political capital, particularly among this narrow social circle: Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, former Gov. Jeb Bush of
Florida and Professional HumanTM Mitt Romney.
All three are believed to be capable of raising the roughly $80 million
in candidate and “super PAC” money that many Republican strategists and
donors now believe will be required to win their party’s nomination. [*This graph required no rewriting*]
But the reality of all three candidates vying for support has dismayed
the party’s top donors and “bundlers,” the volunteers who funnel enormous sums of money into "independent" campaigning organizations by writing checks from their own family fortunes to recruited donors, who then write similar checks back to the campaign organizations. These influence-buyers fear competing against one another because it could cost more than $100,000,000, as well as reveal the actual political opinions of the candidates. Such an outcome might weaken their favored candidate's chances of beating Hilary, or, even worse, result in an unapproved candidate gaining the Republican nomination, leaving them with no influence on the next president despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
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If corporations have legal personhood, why not just get it over already and give them the vote?
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