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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: Lazarus_Long who started this subject7/30/2004 2:45:17 PM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
The Cash That Dare Not Speak His Name

By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
WSJ; July 30, 2004; Page A10

BOSTON -- If you want to know just how the new campaign finance laws are transforming politics, look no further than a crowded press conference here at the Four Seasons. Harold Ickes, the New York lawyer behind two new liberal fund-raising outfits, took time out of his Democratic Convention duties to crow that the unlimited soft money he'd raised had made "Democrats competitive." He then turned over the mike to colleagues who promised to use the rest of the convention to rake in yet more cash.

Thus was the last pretense at campaign finance "reform" dumped into Boston Harbor...


Full column: online.wsj.com
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