Jen Sorensen for April 08, 2014

I’m really not political but I do watch what goes on. Does Mr. Brooks’ analysis make ANY sense to you? “…illegal to give money to anyone but incumbents…”???? Also, am I on the right track in thinking that Justice Roberts is something of a Looney Tune in a black robe? I’m really asking seriously.

Thank you for the feedback. With apologies to Scott, oh what a tangled web we weave when our agenda is one of the threads.

And, they are going to keep right on doing it until we stop them. We are the 99%—- that means we have the votes to elect people who will actually represent middle class workers and provide a safety net for those who are trying to get into the middle class.We all need to know who is supporting the candidates. That is who they will be working for. They have no choice if they want to stay in office. You have to do the bidding of whoever who is paying your way, just the same as we all do in our jobs. So, before going to vote, look it up on the internet. Open Secrets is a good site, but there are plenty.If the candidate is getting their money from small donors or from unions, they are going to be working for middle class working people. If their donations are from corporationsor from 1%ers, don’t figure they are going to go against them and do anything for the middle class.It would be political suicide.

Obama spent over $1 BILLION to get reelected.No problem there, huh Jen?

Activist judge.

President Obama spending over a billion dollars to be re-elected is a problem, but also a symptom of a problem with our system that should be corrected. How much did romoney spend to fail?- The federal govt could create a pool (budget for) and dole it out by lottery to those that apply to run for a particular office. Same with states and local elections.-Thems in office should be working for all of their constituents, not just the 1%, not just the unions and not just the biggest wallet/spender.

Ha, ha, yes pirate227, you are correct, another activist judge.

Free speech is a hopelessly obsolete concept. Expensive speech is the future.

cjr53 said, about 1 hour ago“President Obama spending over a billion dollars to be re-elected is a problem, but also a symptom of a problem with our system that should be corrected. How much did romoney spend to fail?- The federal govt could create a pool (budget for) and dole it out by lottery to those that apply to run for a particular office. Same with states and local elections.”——————————————————————————————-I can live with that, but GOOD LUCK getting unions and trial lawyer groups to agree that they can only spend as much as a “regular citizen”.I hope something Real happens, but I doubt it.

The amount anyone can give directly to any one candidate is still limited. The problem is & continues to be the money spent by outside groups, which has no effective limit at this point. The use of supposed ‘non-political’ organizations to hide donor lists, makes matters worse.

“Also Brooks is supporting more power for political parties.”McBobo has an uncanny ability to extrapolate inane opinions from his ignorance.The goal of campaign reforms in the 70s, was to break the hold of parties over which candidates could even make it to the ballot. They did succeed in that, but also opened the door to candidates who are funded by a very small number of wealthy donors, (often themselves- ie. Bloomberg).I don’t think this is anyone’s idea of Democracy.

Unprofound