Last week, following the Supreme Court ruling on corporate campaign contributions, Senator Cardin was interviewed on “The Politics Hour” of The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Here’s the clip:
As Senator Cardin pointed out, the Supreme Court Ruling has added to the imbalance in U.S. campaigns; it gives more influence to the same corporations and special interests that brought us the Swift Boat attacks.
Prior to the ruling, these groups were able to exercise their rights to freedom of speech within reasonable contribution limits. Now, the Supreme Court has swung the door wide open to limitless influence by corporations in our political system.
While these new rules also apply to unions, they will not come close to matching large corporations dollar for dollar, nevermind grassroots campaigns.
If corporations are wise they will quickly see that it may not be in their financial best interest to take such an overt action in political campaigns, especially when they see the inevitable public backlash.
The Maryland Democratic Party is starting 2010 financially strong with our January report showing that we more than $903,000 in the bank.
We pushed very hard in 2009 knowing that 2010 is a key election year for all of Maryland’s Democrats. We knew hard work in the off year would put us in a great position as we implement a strong and united campaign in 2010.
Meanwhile Governor Martin O’Malley has raised over $4.78 million, and has more than $5.72 million cash on hand.
Let’s keep the ball rolling! Join Club 2010 and be a part of the Club that will lead Democrats to victory this fall.
