working on reaching this critical mass sort of point for decades, guess we're there now.

Isn't anything left.

And we could use some politicians with backbones to fix it.

We need to take the money out of politics, on both sides. Until we do, our votes are bought and paid for, even in blue states. I think outside groups spent 8 mill to reelect Gov Dan Malloy in CT and about 7 mill to elect challenger Tom Foley.

Disgusting.

What was Foley elected to ?

"I think outside groups spent 8 mill to reelect Gov Dan Malloy in CT and about 7 mill to elect challenger Tom Foley."

This means they spent 8 mill to try to reelect Malloy and 7 mill to try to elect Foley.