Oh the Irony! Big Money Anti-Citizens United SuperPAC Demonstrates Frequent Impotence of Big Money in Politics

Perfectly lovely irony
reported in Politico today:

Mayday PAC burst onto the political scene in the spring of 2014
with grandiose designs to elect a pro-campaign finance reform
majority to the U.S. Congress by 2016. The 2014 cycle was a test
run of sorts — with the group spending more than $10 million on a
slate of candidates ostensibly united only in their belief in
curbing the influence of big donors, lobbyists and money in the
political system.

It was money down the drain.

Senate hopefuls Rick Weiland and Greg Orman and House candidates
Paul Clements, Staci Appel and Rep. Carol Shea-Porter — all lost,
despite Mayday’s much-touted, high-profile investments in those
races. The setbacks across the country on Tuesday follow on the
heels of a loss in the New Hampshire primary, when Mayday PAC
backed a losing GOP challenger to Scott Brown. In the only race
where Mayday PAC backed a winner — supporting Republican Rep.
Walter Jones’ in North Carolina — it was hard-pressed to claim
credit, since Jones’ reelection to a safe GOP seat was all-but
assured without outside help….

[Harvard Professor Larry] Lessig [figurehead of the PAC] did not
respond to multiple phone calls from POLITICO in the aftermath of
Tuesday’s election. That’s a marked change from earlier, when he
and his allies assiduously courted media coverage – to great
effect.

A PR firm representing Lessig declined requests to make him
available and sent this statement from him: “It was a tough night
across the board for supporters of reform, but we’re glad we
engaged in this fight. We feel confident that we made progress and
we’re collecting and examining data over the next couple of days
that can illustrate the impact that Mayday achieved in our races.
The fight to root out corruption in our politics is one of the most
important in our time and we will continue to pursue it with fierce
urgency.”