Politics

Super PACs Will Be Back in 2016

Don’t be fooled by their poor track record this time around—political operatives say don’t even consider running for president next election without the help of a super PAC. David Freedlander reports.

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Super PACs: in the lead-up to the 2012 presidential election, those two words caused rejoicing among conservatives and dread among liberals. But both sides agreed that the massive influx of private money into the race—suddenly legal after the Supreme Court’s controversial 2010 ruling in Citizens United—would forever change the nature...

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