The recent win for Mitt Romney in Florida has brought some issues to light that I have rarely even thought of. The article by Jon Cohen, Florida Primary: Mitt Romney wins decisive victory, Jan 1 2012 in the Washington Times brings some disconcerting aspects of the campaign process to mind.
The first issue I was unhappy about was the fact that the negative ads run by Mitt Romney’s super PAC actually worked. I would have liked to believe that these sorts of political games would not work on the general public. Never the less this tactics did the trick and now we are destined to see more of this kind of “advertisements” throughout the primaries.
Secondly is the very excessive expenditure of these ad campaigns is exemplifying the fact that the more money a candidate has the more likely he is to take the election. . The article points out that Mitt Romney’s super PAC spent more than five times what Gingrich’s did. The biggest problem I have with this is that organizations and corporations funding these super PAC’s are going to fund the candidates that will help them succeed.
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