In a purple state like WI, the GOP candidate was able to raise and spend nearly 10 times the amount of money as the Democratic candidate.
In a purple state like WI, the GOP candidate raised so much money that he was essentially able to purchase victory.
In a purple state like WI, Democracy was usurped.
Welcome to the post-Citizens United world of poltics. It's now the law of the land and WI provides Democrats with a great lesson - you can't win elections when the other side has 3 or 4 or 5 or even 10 times the amount of resources as you do.
Democrats need a viable Super-Pac and they need it fast. They need to start knocking down $10M - $20M donations and raise at least $500M before November. The alternative is to sit around and whine and complain about the Kochs and watch the GOP money wave overtake every single one of our candidates.
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