A. Barton Hinkle on Democrats' Hypocritical Embrace of Super PACs
It's a safe bet that when many Democrats heard a new super-PAC had been created last week to help Virginia senatorial candidate Tim Kaine, they chalked it up to circumstances: A super-PAC supporting Kaine's likely GOP opponent, George Allen, had just been unveiled. So Kaine was simply fighting fire with fire—just like President Obama, who also overcame his scruples and urged supporters to contribute to Priorities USA, a super-PAC started by two former Obama aides. In truth, writes A. Barton Hinkle, there is nothing particularly nefarious about super-PACs, which are simply incorporated entities formed to influence elections.