The message to candidates entering the new era of unlimited big-money campaigning is clear. So long as the Republican members of the F.E.C. get their way, nobody’s minding the store and anything goes.
The F.E.C. is only one of many problems. After the Supreme Court misguidedly overturned limits on corporate spending, Senate Republicans blocked disclosure of corporate and union check writers. Republicans in both chambers are determined to deep-six the public subsidy alternative for presidential campaigns, adopted in the wake of Watergate.
Cynical Non-Enforcers at the Federal Election Commission
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