Minnesota is a strange place. I'm sure that rabidly Dem paper would try to destroy any GOP Rep who opposed "reform". I think many GOP Reps think the courts will abort the bill, so they temporize, rather than fight the Dem media.
Sabato is correct:
And if the overhaul is enacted, he contended, it won't make much difference,
because special interests and politicians will "just move the money from one
box to another."
Backers of the legislation, Sabato said, have "set people up for real
disappointment. When you make those promises and the legislation passes
and not much happens . . . that's what deepens cynicism."
So long as government exerts its influence, people will try to influence government.
McCain-Feingold is a fraud because the "soft money" will not go way, it will go to independent groups - and McCain-Feingold recognizes that as implicit.
So M-F tries to restrict the groups from running ads before the election - totally, absolutely unconstitutional.
If anything, M-F will weaken the parties, protect incumbents and strengthen outside interest groups. |
