Despite Samuel Alito’s protestations to the contrary, last week’s Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United vs. FEC has opened the door to even further corporate domination in our politics. Now PR firm, and corporation, Murray Hill has decided to step through that door and challenge Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) in Maryland’s Eighth Congressional district. That’s right, a corporation is running for Congress.

Murray Hill announced yesterday that it would be filing to run in the Republican primary for the opportunity to challenge Van Hollen come November. Yes, “it” will be running — because “it” is a corporation, more specifically, Murray Hill Inc., a progressive PR firm.

“Until now,” it said in a statement, “corporate interests had to rely on campaign contributions and influence peddling to achieve their goals in Washington. But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves.”

With the campaign slogan, “It’s our democracy. We bought it, we paid for it, and we’re going to keep it,” Murray Hill looks poised to represent its interests, and not Marylanders in the 112th Congress. Check out Murray Hill’s hard hitting campaign ad below.

(h/t DS reader RR)