Mary Katherine Ham wrote the best description of the latest round of congressional campaign finance reform:

Republicans were right when they said McCain-Feingold wouldn't stop the flow of money it was trying so hard to staunch. This reform will do no better a job with 527s. The money will just pop up again through some other loophole and both Dems and Republicans will be stuck playing a perpetual game of "Loophole Whack-A-Mole" at the Chucky Cheese of Failed Campaign Finance Reforms. It is a dismal restaurant with cold pizza where you're not allowed to speak for 30-60 minutes before the food comes.

Who is whacking the mole at any given time will, of course, depend on who all the free speech and the free flow of money happens to be benefitting. Arrgghh, this is why people don't love to get involved in politics.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 07:06 AM | No Comments | Add Comment