Republican Wins Massachusetts senate race

[August]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

Other posative steps could be:

1: Government funding of elections.

2: No campaigne contributions in excess of USD 100.

3: No lobbyist contributions AT ALL.

(An end to legalized graft).

I gotta disagree to at least number 1. Your intentions are honorable but total government funding means total government control of who can run. Bad idea. To get Ralph Nadar off the ballot in the 04 election the Dems were forced to bring suit in each and every state. A lengthy and expensive process that was not very successful. Now imagine if all they had to do was convince a government administrator, possibly himself a dem appointee to wipe a candidate off the ballot nationwide in one stroke?