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To: koan who wrote (173311)10/8/2011 6:54:24 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542201
 
State for Sale

A conservative multimillionaire has taken control in North Carolina, one of 2012’s top battlegrounds.

by Jane Mayer

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Read more newyorker.com

As authorized by the Supreme's Citizen's United decision, the most money buys the opinions this guy wants people to have. First, buy all the local pols, then, through redistricting and restrictions on voting, control the state's national pols. He's coordinating with the Kochs, who already own Wisconsin.