The Public Campaign Action Fund’s Adam Smith tells Jennifer Granholm that big money donors want to influence the policy making process and they want a return on their investment. It’s bad for our democracy when regular people don’t feel they can get the ear of their lawmakers, that only people who have large sums of money can, Smith says. “It’s not good for people’s trust in our democracy.” But is Obama doing enough? Lee Fang of Republic Report says yes, but there’s a catch.
