Russ Feingold: Obama Super PAC Reversal Will Lead To 'A Legalized Abramoff System'

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33. President Obama

can't afford to make Feingold's mistake. He lost because he was outspent.

Same with Alan Grayson, who makes no secret of that fact. Most people also acknowledge this.

Feingold is asking that the President allow Republicans to have a legal advantage. That's ludicrous.

The President is still pushing for changing the rules.

The President opposed the Citizens United decision. He understood that with the dramatic growth in opportunities to raise and spend unlimited special-interest money, we would see new strategies to hide it from public view. He continues to support a law to force full disclosure of all funding intended to influence our elections, a reform that was blocked in 2010 by a unanimous Republican filibuster in the U.S. Senate. And the President favors action—by constitutional amendment, if necessary—to place reasonable limits on all such spending.

http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/we-will-not-play-by-two-sets-of-rules

Campaign finance reform is still an issue. I should add, the DISCLOSE Act was strongly opposed by the ACLU, giving Republicans a unusual ally. It's going to be up to public pressure and Democrats to get this done.