TY - BOOK AU - Vogel,Kenneth P. TI - Big money: 2.5 billion dollars, one suspicious vehicle, and a pimp-on the trail of the ultra-rich hijacking American politics SN - 9781610393386 (hardback) AV - JK 1991 V878b 2014 U1 - 324.7/80973 23 PY - 2014///] CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - United States KW - Congress KW - Elections KW - Finance KW - Estados Unidos. KW - Congreso KW - Elecciones KW - Citizens United KW - Trials, litigation, etc KW - Campaign funds KW - Law and legislation KW - Presidents KW - Election KW - Presidentes KW - Estados Unidos KW - Fondos para campañas electorales KW - Legislación sobre fondos de campañas electorales KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General KW - HISTORY / United States / 21st Century N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - In Big Money, POLITICO reporter Ken Vogel will combine a big picture explanation of the evolution of campaign financing over the past decade-filled with colorful anecdotes about the folks behind the changes-with reporting and analysis of how this new style of politics, triggered by the Supreme Court's Citizen's United ruling in January 2010, is likely to impact the 2014 and 2016 elections and all those into the foreseeable future. It will examine the motivation, loyalties and modus operandi of some of the wealthiest donors in American politics, as well as those of the operatives who have used the new cash flow to get rich, while also forever changing the way political campaigns are waged in this country. Vogel has been able to get inside the back rooms where the real action occurs in Big Money American politics-and not only figuratively ER -