New FEC filings show that Clinton is being helped along by a few very, very wealthy individuals. An earlier story on this subreddit reported (falsely) that Sanders led in super PAC donations. That is now debunked. Should Hillary be concerned when this story gains traction?
Posted Feb 21, 2016, 3:28 PM UTC
Not really. Super pacs aren't illegal. Sanders has at least one.
This severely undercuts Clinton's claim that she will get unaccountable money out of politics. Plus, Sanders's super PAC is a labor union for nurses. This is funded by billionaires.
Do you want democrats going into the GE against republicans without any super pacs? You can't bring a knife to a gun fight.
So Sanders super pac is only technically and legally a superpac but it doesn't count because he says he doesn't have one?
Her voting history supports it.
She has to and should play by the rules of the game as they exist or else she will lose.
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Super PACs are independent pools of money.
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This story won't gain any traction beyond Reddit.Trump is the only republican candidate in a position to question this, but it most likely won't even come up. I don't anticipate Trump getting the nomination once the field consolidates.
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That is a pointless distinction.
No it's not, the Clinton Super PACs would become Sanders Super PACs the moment she dropped out. These are people who support Democrats beating Republicans. They're building a campaign war chest for the general election. The Clinton aligned Super PACs have sat the primary out and aren't getting involved to the same degree that Sanders' PACs are.