“Hillary Clinton Isn’t Ready to Disclose Who’s Funding Her Campaign”

In a recent Slate piece, I suggested Hillary Clinton might be offering lip service on campaign finance: grandly supporting a constitutional amendment but not something that is more realistic which could actually help.

Here’s a good indication from Mother Jones that she’s no better than President Obama on these issues:

Clinton’s campaign finance rhetoric appears to be aimed at super-PACs, the quasi-independent organizations that bolster campaigns by buying ads. But when it comes to the major funders behind her own presidential campaign, the Democratic front-runner has yet to answer questions about how transparent she’s willing to be. When Mother Jones questioned the Clinton camp about whether it will disclose the names and fundraising totals of the key supporters—known as “bundlers”—who raise vast sums of cash, a spokesperson declined to provide an answer, saying only that the campaign was still figuring out its plans.

Disappointing but not surprising.

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