You evidently haven't been paying attention. Glad I am able to help here.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is now the biggest outside spender of the 2010 elections, thanks to an 11th-hour effort to boost Democrats that has vaulted the public-sector union ahead of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the AFL-CIO and a flock of new Republican groups in campaign spending.
The 1.6 million-member AFSCME is spending a total of $87.5 million on the elections after tapping into a $16 million emergency account to help fortify the Democrats' hold on Congress. Last week, AFSCME dug deeper, taking out a $2 million loan to fund its push. The group is spending money on television advertisements, phone calls, campaign mailings and other political efforts,
helped by a Supreme Court decision that loosened restrictions on campaign spending.
"We're the big dog," said Larry Scanlon, the head of AFSCME's political operations. "But we don't like to brag."...
who have specifically used their money power to weaken unions in order to have an even bigger advantage in the 2012 election. If Unions were doing the same thing that these people are I would be calling them out on it as well, but they are being dwarfed. Citizen United isn't necessarily a bad decision, the problem is with the fact that the Supreme Court didn't force congress to write a full disclosure law, even though thats exactly what the Supreme Court wanted.
Personally, I think all elections, except the primaries, should be publicly funded in one way or another in order to remove the mandatory pandering/political favors that is needed to get money. Its not like keeping some of it in the open is preventing back room deals.