Sen. Russ Feingold, New Obama Election Co-Chair: "The …
24.05.12
: Well, the alternative is to run on what you really believe in. And if you believe that the unlimited money is what actually wins elections, that’s only in a case when you don’t have a good product to sell in terms of who you are and what you are. The President has that. He’s a capable, intelligent president. The economy is getting better. He’s done so well on international matters that the Republicans are afraid to talk about it. That’s part of what I mean by "while America sleeps." They don’t want to talk about it, because he’s doing so well. He doesn’t need the taint of unlimited, undisclosed contributions to infect the good thing that he has going. I think it can hurt him politically, and not to mention, the result is, he’s going to have people elected to Congress who will be so corporatized that he won’t be able to get through the agenda that I really believe he wants, which is a more progressive, people-rated agenda. So I think it’s bad politics and bad policy.
Source: Democracy Now