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31. William Ackman, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” (http://www.businessweek.com/pdf/who_wants_to_be_a_millionaire.pdf).

32. Dan Ritter, “Has Bill Ackman’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Herbalife Gone Bad?” Wall St. Cheat Sheet, March 11, 2014 (http://wallstcheatsheet.com/business/has-bill-ackmans-billion-dollar-bet-on-herbalife-gone-bad.html/?a=viewall).

33. DealB%k, “Ackman vs. Herbalife, a History.” Dealb%k, New York Times, March 10, 2004 (http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/ackman-versus-herbalife-a-history/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0).

34. Michael S. Schmidt, Eric Lipton, and Alexandra Stevenson, “After Big Bet, Hedge Fund Pulls the Levers of Power.” New York Times, March 9, 2014 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/business/staking-1-billion-that-herbalife-will-fail-then-ackman-lobbying-to-bring-it-down.html; Dewey Square Group website: http://www.deweysquare.com/who-we-are/).

35. Eric Lipton, “The Herbalife War.” New York Times, March 9, 2014 (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/10/business/10ackman-herbalife-documents.html#document/p82/a148087).

36. Michael S. Schmidt, Eric Lipton, and Alexandra Stevenson, “After Big Bet, Hedge Fund Pulls the Levers of Power.” New York Times, March 9, 2014 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/business/staking-1-billion-that-herbalife-will-fail-then-ackman-lobbying-to-bring-it-down).

37. Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., “Facts About Herbalife” (http://factsaboutherbalife.com/) (explicit link with Ackman). “Is Herbalife A Pyramid Scheme?” (http://www.isherbalifeapyramid.com/http://herbalife-scam.com/).

38. Anti-Herbalife Coalition, Facebook Group, Joined Facebook October 2, 2011 (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anti-Herbalife-coalition/297644976917815).

39. Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross, “Latino Group Demands Herbalife Probe.” ABC News, February 13, 2014 (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/latino-group-demands-herbalife-probe/story?id=22504371&singlePage=true).

40. Svea Herbst-Bayliss, “Ackman outspent by Herbalife in lobbying battle.” Reuters, March 9, 2014 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/09/us-herbalife-idUSBREA280OH20140309).

41. Michael S. Schmidt, Eric Lipton, and Alexandra Stevenson, “After Big Bet, Hedge Fund Pulls the Levers of Power.” New York Times , March 9, 2014 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/business/staking-1-billion-that-herbalife-willfail-then-ackman-lobbying-to-bring-it-down).

42. Michelle Celarier, “Herbalife donated money to 5 supported Hispanic Groups.” New York Post, February 26, 2014 (http://nypost.com/2014/02/26/herbalife-donated-money-to-5-supportive-hispanic-groups/).

43. Michael S. Schmidt, Eric Lipton, and Alexandra Stevenson, “After Big Bet, Hedge Fund Pulls the Levers of Power.” New York Times, March 9, 2014 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/business/staking-1-billion-that-herbalife-will-fail-then-ackman-lobbying-to-bring-it-down).

44. Michael Luo, “G.O.P. Allies Drive Ad Spending Disparity.” New York Times, September 13, 2010 (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/us/politics/14money.html?_r=0).

45. Andrew Mayersohn, “Four Years After Citizens United: The Fallout.” Opensecrets.org , January 21, 2014 (http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/01/four-years-after-citizens-united-the-fallout.html).

46. Michael Luo, “G.O.P. Allies Drive Ad Spending Disparity,” New York Times, September 13, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/us/politics/14money.html?_r=0.

47. Opensecrets.org, Political Nonprofits, updated June 23, 2014, http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/nonprof_summ.php.

48. Andrew Mayersohn, “Four Years After Citizens United: The Fallout.” Opensecrets.org, January 21, 2014 (http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/01/four-years-after-citizens-united-the-fallout.html).

49. CrossroadsGPS (https://www.facebook.com/CrossroadsGPS).

50. Michael Beckel, “‘Shadow RNC’ American Crossroads Raises Millions in August from Wealthy Individuals, Corporations.” Opensecrets.org, September 20, 2010 (https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/american-crossroads-shadow-rnc.html).

51. Americans for Prosperity (https://www.facebook.com/fightback).

52. Matea Gold, “Koch-backed political network, built to shield donors, raised $400 million in 2012 elections.” Washington Post, January 5, 2014 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-backed-political-network-built-to-shield-donors-raised-400-million-in-2012-elections/2014/01/05/9e7cfd9a-719b-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html).

53. Ibid.

54. Eni Mustafaraj and Panagiotis Metaxas, “From Obscurity to Prominence in Minutes: Political Speech and Real-Time Search,” presented at WebSci 2010, Extending the Frontiers of Society On-Line, Raleigh, NC, April 26-27, 2010 (http://journal.webscience.org/317/2/websci10_submission_89.pdf).

55. Matea Gold, op. cit.

56. Liz Bartolomeo, “The Political Spending of 501(c)(4) Nonprofits in the 2012 Election.” Sunlight Foundation, May 21, 2013 (http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/05/21/the-political-spending-of-501c4-nonprofits-in-the-2012-election/).

57. Carl Hulse and Ashley Parker, “Koch Group, Spending Freely, Hones Attack on Government.” New York Times, March 20, 2014 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/us/politics/koch-group-seeks-lasting-voice-for-small government.html).

58. The Republican strategist was Alex Vogel. Ron Moore, “Group Organizing for America and for Obama agenda.” Examiner, March 16, 2009 (http://www.examiner.com/article/group-organizing-for-america-and-for-obama-agenda).

59. Jim Rutenberg and Adam Nagourney, “Melding Obama’s Web to a YouTube Presidency.” New York Times, January 25, 2009 (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/us/politics/26grassroots.html?pagewanted=all).

60. Quoted in ibid., p. 243.

61. Ari Melber, “Year One of Organizing for America: The Permanent Field Campaign in a Digital Age.” techPresident, January 2010 (http://techpresident.com/ofayear1#toc Journalist Ari Melber).

62. Michael D. Shear, “Pro-Obama Group Enters Immigration Fray.” New York Times, March 25, 2013 (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/us/politics/organizing-for-action-group-joins-immigration-fray.html).

63. Ari Melber, “Year One of Organizing for America: The Permanent Field Campaign in a Digital Age.” techPresident, January 2010 (http://techpresident.com/ofayear1#toc Journalist Ari Melber).

64. Lydia DePillis, “Disorganized.” New Republic, October 29, 2009 (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/disorganized).

65. For a recent look at patronage in American politics, see Martin Tolchin and Susan J. Tolchin, Pinstripe Patronage: Political Favoritism from the Clubhouse to the White House and Beyond . New York: Paradigm, 2010.

66. Sheldon Rampton, “Obama’s Netroots Goes to the Dogs?” PR Watch, Center for Media and Democracy, December 5, 2008 (http://www.prwatch.org/node/8037).

67. Chris Cillizza, “Obama Announces ‘Organizing for America.’” The Fix Blog, Washington Post, January 17, 2009 (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/white-house/obama-announces-organizing-for.html).

68. Melber, op. cit.

69. Nicholas Confessore, “Obama’s Backers Seek Big Donors to Press Agenda.” New York Times, February 22, 2013 (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/politics/obamas-backers-seek-deep-pockets-to-press-agenda.html?pagewanted=all).

70. Mike McIntire, “Pro-Obama Group Details Fund-Raising and Policy Goals.” Posted on The Caucus Blog, New York Times, March 26, 2013 (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/pro-obama-group-details-fund-raising-and-policy-goals/).