we are also joined by rob weissman as the president of public citizen.tion whose mission is to ensure that all citizens have a voice in the halls of africa were also joined by david corn who is the "mother jones" washington bureau chief. and to 2007 he was washington editor of the nation and he's also written for the "washington post," "new york times," los angeles times, and is author of several is selling books. let's give our panelists a hand. [applause] >> so robert, can you tell us, give us some background on the citizen united decision and impact that it is had on a political system. >> i will try to do that in two minutes. let me answer with a question for us. how many of you know what the citizens united case is? how many of you know what brown v. board of education is? citizens united is the anti-brown v. board of education of our time. brown was about expanding our democracy and living on the american promise. citizens united is the opposite, bubut in geneva corporate takeover, and undermined the ability of real life breathing human beings to i