Want a more progressive president? Then get a more progressive Congress.

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63. You're ignoring the legalized bribery that's within our system.

Lobbying dollars and PAC's can spend (and do spend) so much money that it's just not possible for the average American to compete with these interests. We don't have the money that they do.

Official donor stats are nice to look at, but they can be very misleading as they do not take into account the money spent (donors can remain hidden to us, but I feel confident are not hidden to elected officials) outside of official donation numbers.

Also, it is my opinion that our current elected officials care much, much more about fulfilling the wishes of those individuals and corporations with enormous bank accounts over those individuals who donated $25 to their campaign (regardless of how many individuals donated $25).

I wish I had the same faith in our current system that you do. However, since I do not, I currently look forward to the day that more and more Americans feel the way I do and do not have that faith. For then, I believe that we just may be starting down the right path to getting the change that most of us want.