The WSJ comments on what it calls the $639 million loophole. If the election showed anything, it’s that the answer isn’t layering more regulations and limits on top of the ones that have already failed. The better road is starting to strip some of them away — a task that will ultimately fall to the […]
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Obama and McCain and Public Financing
Public financing was not a topic of recent conversation between Obama and McCain, according to this report. President-elect Barack Obama and vanquished rival John McCain talked Monday about reforming parts of the political process, but they skipped a good governance issue of mutual interest over which they sparred bitterly during their campaign: fixing the public […]
Socialist Workers Party: Exempt?
The Socialist Workers Party filed a renewed request for an exemption from Federal Election Commission disclsoure rules, according to this Militant report. The party’s exemption request is part of the fight of workers, farmers, and their organizations to be able to engage in political activity, including election campaigns, free from government, boss, and right-wing spying […]