The past few years have given rise to a number of candidates for whom people have taken pride in casting a vote. There are some genuinely good people capable of doing legitimate work in politics, but there is only so far we can advance as a species by changing the Who does What, especially with U.S. politics being one of the last places on earth that only offers a choice between Brand A and Brand B.

Al Jazeera's The Stream has a conversation with former Governor, former Congressman, and current presidential candidate Buddy Roemer about the How of politics.

"The how" being piles and piles of cash. Watch.