Barack Obama was elected President in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. The natural thing would be to suggest money on the right [wing] doesn't really matter that much. The first thing you have to know is that the presidential elections are the ones where it's most difficult for money to hold sway, in that they're the most public elections.
Jane MayerTorture is illegal, both in the U.S. and abroad. So - and that is true for the Bush administration and for any other administration.
Jane MayerThere's a difference between those two [George Soroses and the Tom Steyers] and the Kochs that I think is important.
Jane MayerWe would see another president being accused of being illegitimate, and undermined from day one, which is exactly what these donors did to [Barack] Obama.
Jane Mayer