Accountability Quote by Scott McCallum

The problem isn’t too little money in political campaigns, but not enough.

— Newt Gingrich

Money is in politics, it's been there. I was in politics for 10 years, I had some of the worst ads run against me…

— Harold Ford, Jr

In fact, not only do I support eliminating soft money, but I support full public financing for campaigns.

— Barbara Lee

I think we have to look at the whole way campaigns are financed. The No. 1 problem is PAC and special-interest money.

— Stephen Pagliuca

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets…

— Barack Obama

Unfortunately, every American citizen takes the same position... that we don’t like negative advertisements. But they work! And, as you see, many a candidate…

— Jimmy Carter

There's issue of a corrupt campaign finance system, where big money interests and Wall Street are trying to buy elections.Those are the issues that…

— Bernie Sanders

Let's move forward to try to address the most egregious and outrageous corrupting aspect of campaigns in America today and that is the incredible…

— John McCain

When you don't have accountability, there's no limit to the things that people will say. One of the restraints on the vitriol and the…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I personally think money in politics on any level is horrible. I'd like to see a set amount and have every candidate spend it.…

— Rick Santelli

Even though voters overwhelmingly dislike negative ads, they do influence voters' opinions about a candidate.

— Mercedes Schlapp

In general, I think man-on-the- street ads and endorsement spots are having less and less effect on people. The electorate's getting very sophisticated, and…

— Roger Ailes