Trevor Potter on the Money in Politics Disaster

via Moyers & Company

You may remember Trevor Potter as the powerhouse Washington lawyer who made Stephen Colbert famous by helping the ambitious satirist create a political action committee which enabled him to strike fear (but little loathing) into the hearts of every other candidate and (almost) throw the 2012 presidential race into the House of Mirth where the ticket of Colbert and Potter would have won on the sheer basis of the applause meter.

After the election, Mr. Colbert fell into obscurity as the host of The Late Show while Potter continues his work crusading to save democracy from plutocracy. The noted attorney, who also counseled Senator John McCain during his 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns, currently heads up the Campaign Legal Center which tracks and pursues cases related to campaign finance, political communication and ethics at all levels of government.

He delivered the following speech last week at the Independent Sector National Conference in Miami, Florida. We are sharing it here with you to dispel the perception that this issue, like many today, is a partisan issue. It’s not. And the good news is there is a solution. Hear what Trevor Potter has to say. — Bill Moyers

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