Speaker Andrew Romanoff

Restoring Democratic Elections: Remedies for Corporate Money-Driven, Top-Down Politics

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate-Controlled Elections, Citizens United vs. FEC, Fair Elections Now Act, Colorado Senate Primary, Senator Michael Bennet, Corporate Media, Obama Machine, Lobbyist Revolving Door, Speaker Andrew Romanoff, Monied Elite, Top-Down Politics, Denver News
Michele Swenson

One big take-away from the recent Colorado U.S. Senate election (and others) is the fact that only the moneyed elite, or those backed by moneyed elite, can run for office.

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Changing Politics as Usual: Why We Need Andrew Romanoff, the Grassroots Choice

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Lobbies, Pay-to-Play, Democrats Squander Majority, Corporatocracy, Oil Company Lobbyists, Voter Disaffection, Government-of-the-Highest Bidder, Right-Wing Supreme Court Majority, Philip Anschutz, Colorado U.S. Senate Race, Senator Michael Bennet, Rahm Emanuel, Health Care Reform, Speaker Andrew Romanoff, Right Wing Deficit Hawks, Grassroots Campaign for Change, Denver News
Michele Swenson

Obama supporters are being told that they should support the "president's choice" for Colorado's U.S. Senate seat, and that it is good that Bennet collects huge sums of corporate money.

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Leaders Should be Elected, Not Anointed

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Michael Bennet, Free-Market Fundamentalism, Health Care Reform, Speaker Andrew Romanoff, Framing the Issues, Gun Lobby, Democracy, Colorado Senate Race, Gingrich Congress, Corporatocracy, Government-of-the-Highest-Bidder, Denver News
Michele Swenson

The corporate party line is that Bennet is in the Senate now, has amassed power (and big corporate bucks), so woe betide anyone who would consider challenging him in a primary.

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