The fact is I don't take PAC money and I don't take lobbyist money and the bundlers, the reason you know who is raising money for me, Mike, is because I helped push through a law this past session to disclose that.
Obama discusses his stance on campaign finance reform and his efforts to increase transparency in fundraising.
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If I had a blame pie for why politics is so polarised and why we're seeing a rise of populism in many places, it's because of that information that is going into our brains every day.
I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.
It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.
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