MHP: How Money Rules Politics

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests tackled the relationship between American politics and big money, particularly in terms of fundraising for the November election, in which, as one guest put it, “money is speech.” With Republicans and Democrats — and the super PACs — in a tight campaign-fundraising race, what are the challenges they face…

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests tackled the relationship between American politics and big money, particularly in terms of fundraising for the November election, in which, as one guest put it, “money is speech.” With Republicans and Democrats — and the super PACs — in a tight campaign-fundraising race, what are the challenges they face and how do they overshadow the issues?

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