Chicago’s Daily Herald printed this letter to the editor today about Citizens United. Unless you believe voters are idiots, a slick ad campaign can only make them look; you still need a decent product people want to buy. History shows that mere money can not make people embrace the Edsel, New Coke, Susan B. Anthony […]
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McCain on campaign finance
The Times implies something’s different about Sen. McCain in this article about his reelection race this year. Mr. McCain now sharply criticizes the bailout bill he voted for, pivoted from his earlier position that the Guantánamo Bay detention facility should be closed, offered only a muted response to the Supreme Court’s decision undoing campaign finance […]
Polling on citizen reaction to Citizens United
There’s a new poll out on citizen reaction to Citizens United and Politico has the news. According to a bipartisan poll released Monday, voters oppose by a 2-to-1 ratio the court’s ruling in Federal Election Commission v. Citizens United that cleared the way for corporations and unions to run political advertising. . . . The […]