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won't be able to vote unless they go through the process of going to the DMV and pissing away hours to get one, which a lot of people can't be bothered to do.
If they can't be bothered to follow whatever steps necessary to vote (or drive, or own a company, or buy a house, or take a shower, or to prepare a meal) then they just don't do any of those things. If voting to keep your government subsidized benefits matters to the poor, you'd think they'd have a bit of motivation to get off their asses and do what's needed to ensure they keep their lifeline. Not my problem if they don't. (Sounds like you're saying the 'working poor' and 'democrats' are lazy. I knew it!)
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Its going to be a pretty dangerous election season if you combine the richest .00001% of the country pouring millions into Romney's campaign while republican governors are doing everything they can to gerrymander and suppress people who wouldn't vote for their guy. If Romney wins because of these things, it'll be safe to say that rigging elections is legal so long as you're rich, and (not exaggerating) democracy is over.
Both Walker and Barrett had funding from outside the state... it's just Walker had more of it. Since it's an issue for some, if you look at that Piechart on the first page and remove out of state donations, Walker would've raised $10m to Barrett's $3M, which is over 3X the money. Barrett was going to lose the money war anyways, with or without out of state funding. And for the "as long as you're rich" comment - A large majority of the out of state donations that Walker received were small sums of $50 or less. Super rich!
Also, since you're so worried about Romney raising cash, let me remind you...
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By the general election the [Obama] campaign committee raised more than $650 million for itself, and coordinated with both the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and at least 18 state-level Democratic committees to create a joint-fundraising committee to raise and split tens of millions of dollars more.
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President Obama added an additional $43.6 million to Democratic coffers in April, a sum his campaign says will be put to quick use to build on its ground game for the fall.
Obama doesn't have problems raising money... but this last month, Romney was able to beat Obama.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Republican groups raised more than $76.8 million in May, his campaign said on Thursday, topping the $60 million President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies hauled in.
The campaign and Republican National Committee have $107 million cash on hand, the campaign said.
I guess it's only reason for concern when your political affiliations are slipping in the money grab.
