Big Money
Kenneth P. Vogel
PublicAffairs
<p><BR>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&#8212;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.<BR>This, not surprisingly, has led to chaos on the playing field. In <I>Big Money</I>, POLITICO reporter Ken Vogel will combine a big picture explanation of the evolution of campaign financing over the past decade&#8212;filled with colorful anecdotes about the folks behind the changes&#8212;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...</BR></BR></p>