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aboutare talking fundraising and our guest is dave levinthal of the center for public integrity. talk about fundraising. who is leading? both hillary clinton and bernie sanders are putting up good numbers. hillary clinton is not new to this. by virtue of what we know from her previous campaign, she was coming into 2016 west -- 2016 as a juggernaut. she had a ground game out of the box. she had super pac's that were already raising money in anticipation for her campaign. nobody could have predicted what bernie sanders was going to do. he does not have a big-time super pac, he is not somebody that everybody knows, but he is somebody who has been able to galvanize thousands of americans, including many who madegiven checks and donations. he has brought together not quite as much as hillary clinton. but he is competitive. bushe republican side, jeb , even though his campaign is struggling, he is -- he has an organization not directly tied to the campaign, but he can raise and spend money. and jeb bush has been raising million so far. likely, that number is a lot more. trump, he isdon

. >> dave levinthal is a senior reporter.o democratics voters care about getting money out of politics in your opinion? >> they do. it's a huge issue that resonated for bernie sanders. he's been filling up auditoriums five, 10, 20,000 people and banging the gong about money and politics. you were talking about wall street, and that's a good example of where hillary clinton is having a little bit of trouble on the money in politics. here she is talking about wall street reforms, how she'd go after banks to some degree, but whether they be bernie sanders or others, they might just have to say wait a second, in 2008 some of your top donors were from goldman sachs and citigroup and on and on and on. and if you look at her campaign, they were from places like park avenue and broadway, where people go, work and live. she was a senator from new york. she has that history, it's hers. she'll have to own it. >> the candidate that was not there. the harvard professor says this system is rigged. do you believe it's rigged. >> he believes

jindal george pet abbingy and lindsay graham, all with a big mountain to climb in the debate >>> dave levinthal is a senior reporter with the center for public integrity, our partners, what issues - let's talk about taxes and budget. how do they different themselves on those issues? >> well, donald trump and carley fiorina, this is in their wheelhouse. they had strong debates in the last couple, particularly fiorina. trump has been up and down. he's done great or not well at all. when it comes to business, they'll be at the forefront. john kassig, lost in the midst has a heck of a record to run on. while you have fiorina and trump, the outsider candidates, you have a couple in the mix who a practical, state-level experience, balancing budgets, cutting taxes and dealing with economic issues, and iowa is a great state to show where things are bad and also good as a result of political actions. it's about cutting taxes according to republicans, isn't it about raising revenue and running the government. >> it is, and expect to hear that from donald trump, who says he'll do everything. but expect th

guest, dave levinthal, of the center for public integrity.e is their senior political writer, giving us information about who is getting money, and how they are spending it. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. .202) 745-8002 for independents those are the numbers to call if you want to ask them questions. information that came from the fec, as far as campaign donations, you kind of highlighted this, but in the $200 and under category, about $112 million was taken in. over,t goes to the $2000 $109 million taken in. you have various degrees in between. guest: we often like to talk about big dollar donors and small dollar donors. small dollar donors are people giving less than $200 to a candidate. let's take one example. hillary clinton, her campaign raised -- justin this last quarter, the third quarter of fromear -- about 17% people hobbling together these , $200 donations. bernie sanders raised over 75% of its total amount of money from small dollar donors. it is an interesting measure in the sense that it can speak t

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