A lot of talk in American politics is about money. Maybe you think there’s too much money. Maybe too little. Or maybe, money in politics doesn’t matter at all. Donald Trump is rich, but he’s spending little on his campaign. Jeb Bush raised hundreds of millions of dollars and lost. Hillary Clinton raised lots of money, too, and she’s losing to Bernie Sanders, who doesn’t have much money. Money doesn’t equal victory in politics. Pretty clear. But political money does something,