“Whatever you think of his [Santorum] politics, the fact is he has been outspent overwhelmingly and pounded to death by this ‘Restore Our Future’ Super PAC campaign of Romney’s which basically destroyed him. I think he’s eliminating him just as he eliminated Gingrich with his highly negative, highly funded campaign put together by the Super PACs. It’s not a healthy sign of our political future in this country. This is how we’re going to pick Presidential candidates. Through this elimination, extermination campaign where all you have to do is raise tons of money, unidentified by the supporters — unmarked bills basically — tons of money from wealthy people like Sheldon Adelson and the Koch brothers, and you can use that money to systematically destroy all your opponents until you’re the last man standing. Is that how democracy supposed to work? This sounds like a communist explanation of American Democracy. The worst case scenario is we run by destroying each other.
And unfortunately we’re now going to see the President engaging in the same kind of politics. It’s coming. It’s coming from both sides: the big powerful negative ad campaigns run by the Super PACs.”
Chris Matthews live w/Rachel Maddow
