Sounds like GOPers who got Adelson $ might get a call soon from Shelly asking them to support Obama Syria resolution:http://www.nationaljournal.com/national-security/sheldon-adelson-to-president-obama-i-would-be-willing-to-help-on-syria-20130910 …
.@kenvogel Big donors/spenders much more likely to have influence over non-salient issues like casino tax breaks, than top foreign policy
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@rickhasen the way to influence business regulation is lobbying, not big campaign spending, which yields a much lower return on investment -
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@kenvogel the campaign spending eases the lobbying. I round up the empirical evidence here: http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/article/lobbying-rent-seeking-and-constitution … -
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@kenvogel the campaign spending eases the lobbying. I round up the empirical evidence here: http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/article/lobbying-rent-seeking-and-constitution … … cc:@StanLRev -
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@rickhasen $ to parties/candidates compliments lobbying. Big outside spending? Much less so, which is why corp. players favor the former. -
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@kenvogel with the rise of super pacs this may be changing. It is too early to tell. -
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@rickhasen Can't imagine Lockheed, GE, etc. going Full Adelson in 2016 or ever. Too much risk, when they get their way thru lobbying/hard $ -
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@kenvogel and more importantly money through Chamber and other c6 and potentially c4 organizations -
@rickhasen not sure that's more impactfull when it comes to their narrow interests - 10 more replies
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