Corporations are made of People! Its People!
The NY Times has the scoop on a plan by Ricketts (TD Ameritrade founder) et al to mount " the most provocative campaign " yet. Supposedly, it will " attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from. " Its actually a pretty fascinating glimpse into the new, and quite uncharted territory that Citizens United has taken us, i.e., the impact of BigMoney on politics. Oh, by the way, BigMoney is to Big Money what BigData is to Big Data , i.e., Money at a wholly new scope, scale, and size. Anyhow, per the article, the plan is ... Timed to upend the Democratic National Convention in September, the plan would “do exactly what John McCain would not let us do,” the strategists wrote. [...]“Joe Ricketts is prepared to spend significant resources in the 2012 election in both the presidential race and Congressional races,” Mr. Baker said in an interview Wednesday. “He is very concerned about the future direction of the country and ...