by Patrick Appel
After attacking lax campaign finance laws, Obama is now welcoming Super PAC donations. Chait defends Obama against accusations of hypocrisy:
Obama … isn’t arguing that a millionaire cutting a $10 million check to buy a slew of political ads is an inherently immoral act, like driving a car through a crowd of pedestrians. He’s arguing that it’s a bad system, like allowing Warren Buffett to pay a lower tax rate than his secretary. He wants to change the system. But that wouldn’t make it hypocritical for Buffett to operate within the system that exists, as opposed to the alternate system he advocates.
Jonathan Bernstein mostly agrees.
The Dish 