Reply #8: Nice sentiment

[MFrohike]

That's about it. The two proposed laws at the tea party link are laughable. Neither would survive a challenge to the current court and the first is especially wrongheaded in its ban on lobbying members not from one's district. That runs squarely into freedom of association and is impractical as hell anyway. The overall sentiments aren't necessarily bad, but the language is bland enough to hide a wackjob agenda.

The only solution I can see to removing the overweening influence of money in politics is a constitutional amendment. Banning contributions to candidates and requiring government funding is easy. It's the question of how to regulate the Swift Boaters that sticks. It's not unreasonable to allow people to donate money to a group for political advertising. The question is how to prevent that from displacing the actual campaigning.