The Democrats are in danger of losing the House to the Republicans, and there’s a slight chance of losing the Senate. If the Republicans take many seats away from the Democrats, then it will seriously limit Obama’s agenda. Republicans believe they should protect the campaign donations from  corporations due to freedom of speech. The DISCLOSE Act would have required the donors of corporations to be made known.
They would have to stand by their broadcast ads. They wouldn’t be able to hide and say they didn’t run certain ads. Obama has been trying to say capping the midterm corporation donation limit should not be a partisan issue.
Political expediency to politicians is of the utmost importance.  The president gave his negative opinion of the ruling in his State of the Union address earlier this year.
There should be a maximum amount of money anybody, including corporations, is allowed to give in any election; that includes local, state and federal elections. It allows the special interests to spend without limit.
I thought that in a democracy, the people are the ones in control of elections. There is no way the average person can take out ads for the millions of dollars like the corporations can. Politicians are supposed to make things better, but, oftentimes, it seems as if things get made worse because they have the best interests of corporations at heart. Republicans know they have the upper hand on Democrats this year. The GOP has been gaining momentum and is trying to use everything it can to take as many seats as possible.
With corporations taking out a plethora of ads, it might just take over the House.
Christopher Webb is a junior majoring in business administration. He can be contacted at [email protected].