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Republicans Court Rich Candidates

Attention wealthy people interested in politics: the Republican party wants you.As the New York Times noted today, the party that wants people to pull themselves with their own bootstraps expects the same of people running for Congress. It has little choice since The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has raised $56 million with $29.2 million at its disposal compared with the $40.7 million raised by the National Republican Congressional Committee, which as a cash balance of $2.5 million, the paper said.While having self-funded candidates seems like a dream come true for the GOP, there ...

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