So you want to run for President. You think you’ve got the right take on the issues, you have the vision, the character, but have you got the money? The competition for the Presidency today has become an all-consuming, scramble for cash that has candidates dialing for dollars and hob-nobbing with funders in ways that would make a tele-evangelist blush.
But the money matters. For the past 30 years, the candidate with the most money the year before the election has always cinched the nomination. And as any world-weary Washington insider can tell you, no one raises that kind of cash at bake sales. Today a look back at the last night’s results and a look ahead at how the Democratic war chests will match up against the fundraising machine. of George W. Bush.
Guests:
Charles Lewis, Executive Director, The Center for Public Integrity and author of “The Buying of the President 2004″;
Ryan Lizza, Associate Editor, The New Republic.