Sheldon Whitehouse Quotes
Sometimes money isn't the determinant. But it sure as hell makes a huge difference. Nobody is saying "Well, thank God we don't need to raise money any longer." It's a very, very big deal to have money, and it is a very, very big deal to have more than your opponent.
Whitehouse, Sheldon. Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy. The New Press, 2017.
See {617208} his grandfather’s related statement.
The practice became extensively used and the phrase along with it during the William Howard Taft administration where the media popularized it.
Sheldon Whitehouse is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Rhode Island since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Attorney from 1993 to 1998 and the 71st Attorney General of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003.