Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.), the leading House proponent of campaign finance reform, thinks much of this coverage missed the mark. While the Election Day results matter, they are only a means to the real end — the legislation and regulation that does and does not move in the next Congress.
“A lot of the moneyed impact,” said Sarbanes, “and in some ways, the most sinister is on the governing that happens after.”