Nancy Pelosi: "When We Win, We Will Reform"
ED SCHULTZ, MSNBC: Citizens United playing a big role in the -- in the campaign. Will the Democrats be able to compete against the corporate money that is just flowing in to Romney, Gingrich, even Governor Walker in Wisconsin, where there's going to be a recall election.
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI: Yes.
SCHULTZ: I mean how do you view Citizens United playing out and affecting 2012?
PELOSI: Well, as you well know, last Saturday was the two year anniversary of this most unfortunate Supreme Court decision. I -- I understand a lot about government and politics. I'll never understand why they thought that that was a good idea, that you could have unlimited, unidentified special interest money drowning out...
SCHULTZ: And you're seeing that now?
PELOSI: -- deluging the -- political system in our country. And that's why when we talk about reintegrating the American dream and building ladders of success, you cannot have opportunity and fairness in our country as a policy unless you have openness and transparency in the political system. So we're talking about a new politics free of special interest money. Chris Van Hollen has taken the lead. And we've disclosed that, something that we can put forth now, disclose. When we win, we will reform. We have to have clean campaigns. The status quo cannot exist and at the same time we will work to amend the Constitution to eliminate this travesty of justice.
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