"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." -- Andy Warhol
Watch one or more of the online videos below about how serious the current problem is and how Clean Money public financing of campaigns is the sensible solution.
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"The Road to Clean Elections" "The results in Arizona and Maine stunned the experts. More people ran for office — more women and people of color ran. Voters had more choices. Candidates spent less time begging for money, and more time talking to voters..." View the short documentary (13 min) Receive a free DVD or VHS when you become a member |
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Inspiring Testimony in the Senate in Support of AB 583
The Senate Elections Committee discussed AB 583 at length to a standing room only hearing room. Watch the testimony from author Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D-East Bay), Marc Spitzer (R-Arizona), the cleanly elected Arizona Corporations Commissioner, Susan Lerner, the executive director of the California Clean Money Campaign, Paul Turner of the Greenlining Institute, Willie Pelote of AFSCME, actor/activist Peter Coyote, and representatives from the impressive number of organizations who spoke in favor of the bill.
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Ted Kennedy tells Jon Stewart "We ought to have Public Financing"
See a clip of Senator Ted Kennedy telling Jon Stewart on the Daily Show why we need public financing of campaigns, including "...In many respects you get the best Congress many can buy. I strongly believe that we ought to have the public finance of it..."
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"Schwarzenegger's Political Trouble" "'I do not have to bow to any special interests,' Schwarzenegger said on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." 'I have plenty of money. No one can pay me off...' It's not that simple for many California voters. He's plummeted in the polls and according to one survey, half now believe he caters to special interests as much or more than other politicians." |
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"Schwarzenegger Raises Record Campaign Money" "Arnold Schwarzenegger campaigned against special interests and the influence of big money in politics. But new financial records show the governor raised a record amount of campaign money last year: around $26 million, which is twice as much as Gray Davis raised in his first year on the job..." View the video report and see the transcript (2 1/2 min) |
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"Arnold Inc: Living Like a Star" "... Schwarzenegger has set up half-a-dozen private political committees to pay for the jets, the hotels, the travel, the big events, the lifestyle -- and records show that funding those committees with millions of dollars are some of the biggest developers, insurance companies, financiers and corporations in the State..." |
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"Arnold Inc: Raising Millions in Campaign Money" "Arnold Schwarzenegger is the man who campaigned against special interests and the influence of big money in state government. So how's he doing on cleaning that up so far? ..." |
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Andy Rooney on Who Should Pay For Elections "I fail to understand why it's legal to try and buy an election. Each candidate should have the same amount of money to spend and all of us ought to pay for it, not just people who are interested in having the president do something for them after he's elected." |
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Marc Spitzer (R-Arizona) Testifies to Assembly Elections Committee
on His Clean Money Experience ""You bring in the Democrat Governor of Arizona, or the Democrat Attorney General, or the Republican Secretary of State, or the Republican State Treasurer and they will all tell you the same thing, that the Clean Elections system improves and enhances their relationship with the voters..." View the video (4 min) |