PBS NewsHour

Outside Super PACs Poised to Dominate 2012 Spending

Clip: 10/17/2011 | 10m 40s

When it comes to financing presidential campaigns, the money raised by individual candidates may count less in the 2012 election than past contests. Gwen Ifill discusses the potential might of the new super PACs with Tara Malloy of the Campaign Legal Center and the Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky.

Aired: 10/17/11

Rating: NR

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