WILKES-BARRE TIMES-LEADER: …“I couldn’t possibly do it, because I have very little money,” the 90-year-old said at a press conference during a recent visit to Wilkes-Barre. “And now it takes $200 million if you want any chance to get the Democratic or Republican nomination.”…
“When I ran against Gerald Ford, who was the incumbent president, you know how much money I raised?” Mr. Carter said to the media assembled in a room of the Mary Stegmaier Mansion.
“Zero,” Mr. Carter said. “And President Ford raised zero. And four years later when I ran against Ronald Reagan, zero. We didn’t raise any money. So we weren’t obligated to any special interest groups, and now, of course, very wealthy people are giving unlimited amounts of money, almost, because of the Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United.”… (more)
