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100 1  Vogel, Kenneth P.,|d1975- 
245 10 Big money :|b2.5 billion dollars, one suspicious vehicle, 
       and a pimp-on the trail of the ultra-rich hijacking 
       American politics /|cKenneth P. Vogel. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPublicAffairs,|c[2014] 
300    xiii, 304 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The Billionaires' Club -- The pony -- The new boss -- The 
       barrel of a gun -- The political fantasy camp -- The big-
       money prototype candidate -- The brothers behind the Tea 
       Party -- The turnaround -- The biggest bet yet -- The 
       autopsies -- The civil wars. 
520    "A Supreme Court decision, combined with regulatory 
       gridlock and legal tricks, have fundamentally changed the 
       role of money in politics in recent years, upending 
       traditional bases of political power. Campaign decisions 
       once made by party officials are now in the hands of super
       -rich benefactors and the consultants competing for their 
       attention-and for increasingly lucrative commissions and 
       fees. It's as if, instead of a football coach on the 
       sidelines calling the plays, every player and his agent 
       decided what was best. This, not surprisingly, has led to 
       chaos on the playing field. In Big Money, POLITICO 
       reporter Ken Vogel will combine a big picture explanation 
       of the evolution of campaign financing over the past 
       decade-filled with colorful anecdotes about the folks 
       behind the changes-with reporting and analysis of how this
       new style of politics, triggered by the Supreme Court's 
       Citizen's United ruling in January 2010, is likely to 
       impact the 2014 and 2016 elections and all those into the 
       foreseeable future. It will examine the motivation, 
       loyalties and modus operandi of some of the wealthiest 
       donors in American politics, as well as those of the 
       operatives who have used the new cash flow to get rich, 
       while also forever changing the way political campaigns 
       are waged in this country. Vogel has been able to get 
       inside the back rooms where the real action occurs in Big 
       Money American politics-and not only figuratively. He 
       sneaked into secretive donor summits held by the 
       conservative Koch brothers and a liberal club affiliated 
       with billionaire financier George Soros (though he was 
       removed from both under threat of arrest). Using his 
       expertise in Federal Election Commission and Internal 
       Revenue Service records, Vogel has traced the cash flow 
       from donor checkbooks to political campaigns and 
       committees, to the consultants who themselves are becoming
       fabulously wealthy from the new Big Money politics, and 
       finally to the television stations, phone banks and glossy
       mail pieces that bombard voters with increasingly negative
       messages about political rivals. Big Money is a chilling 
       work of investigative journalism, showing how cash has 
       corrupted American democracy"--|cProvided by publisher. 
610 10 United States.|bCongress|xElections|xFinance. 
610 17 United States.|bCongress.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00529490 
610 20 Citizens United|xTrials, litigation, etc. 
610 27 Citizens United.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01778918 
650  0 Campaign funds|zUnited States. 
650  0 Campaign funds|xLaw and legislation|zUnited States. 
650  0 Presidents|zUnited States|xElection|xFinance. 
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650  7 Presidents|xElection|xFinance.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01075751 
650  7 Trials.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01156290 
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