Patrick Murphy Quotes

There is no evidence that super PACs have led to a greater percentage of negative ads.

Few developments in campaigning have been as vilified and misunderstood as independent expenditure PACs, or, as they are colloquially known, super PACs.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

When you buy toothpaste or detergent or gas, that is now used for the first time in your lifetime or my lifetime to support candidates in so-called 'independent ads.' Same thing for unions.

Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.

American politics is money and thirty second spots.

More money is being spent on our elections, with less disclosure of where that money is coming from, than ever before.

We have to talk about the way we finance campaigns.

You shouldn't have political action committees.

I'm not backed by the super PACs and the big corporations.

The Koch brothers are spending more money against me than I've been able to raise.

Unless public officials are wealthy and fund their own campaigns, the only place they can turn to is lobbyists and institutions like labor unions and corporations.

A 527 doesn't have a wife. It doesn't have a brother-in-law who knows a lot about politics, or a union president who calls and doesn't like the color of the suit, or bimbo eruptions. It's the perfect candidate, because it has no personal characteristics.

By law, super PACs are required to disclose their donors. There are groups that have never had to disclose their donors, non-profits such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and the NRA. If you want more disclosure, super PACs are a step forward.

A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd amount of money that is required to compete. Just put it on ESPN and call it a sporting event.

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.

I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability.

Well, paycheck protection is an important ingredient for a successful campaign finance reform measure.

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

Much of the money raised in politics does not come free of charge.

Everybody's an expert at campaign financing.

Every American knows that political campaigns are too long and too expensive.

Public [campaign] financing and free television time are the things that will diminish the high influence that money has on politics.

What is a super PAC? It’s like a PAC that got bitten by a radioactive lobbyist.

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law.