I would like to have a series of substantive discussions on ...

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Right to vote is fundamental

as well as the end of the war on drugs, (which is toxic), and I think that is actually possible outside the political system, because I think people want that. Of course, Prison Corporation of America and the rest are not precisely in this line, and they require 90 percent bed occupancy... so there.

My list is long, but sadly, policy is trumped by a lot of other things. The first thing that has to absolutely go, with the war on drugs, is Citizens United. When we expect the Presidential to see about the annual budget of my county spent on it, sorry, this is a navel gazing exercise. It has none to do with parties, not at all.

Here you go for the 5 BILLION dollar figure. Common cause and others are floating a similar number.

I think we will be lucky if it is that low, given that this has started this early, which leads to the next essential reform if the oligarchy is going to come to an end. Campaigns have to be be shortened to 6 months, preferably four and yes, that will require an amendment somewhere. As I said, navel watching exercise. Why I mostly do not cover elections, beyond the who's won and who's lost.

I cannot educate people against that money tsunami... but oligarchies have that problem.

And more and more I am starting to agree with activists that all this is a navel gazing exercise... but hey, I watch this closely, and not as a partisan.