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In reply to the discussion: Robert Reich: The Sad Spectacle of Obama’s Super PAC [View all]
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)How often do people discuss campaign finance reform in a serious vein? The last time in my memory was in 1975 in the fallout of Watergate and that was just a speedbump on a superhighway of elections ruled by money. Not only don't the candidates want to disarm (and I'd bet Mr. Reich, no matter how I respect his principals and expertise, would take any and all money if it was his career/office on the line or be another Feingold...retired) the electorate appears not to either. Most times the candidate who spends the most...floods the "public" airwaves the most wins. Over the years campaigning has gone from touting your own candidate's strengths to a battle of attrition to destroy your opponent in as many 30 second bites as you can. This is the political status quo 2012 and other than those of us on this side of the political sandbox a vast majority of Americans either could care less about Citizens United or favored it. We are where we are...not where Mr. Reich wishes we were and as long as people don't care how much money is thrown into elections by rewarding those who spend the most with power we'll see even more money on the line in the future.
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