[angkor]

There is a Republican tinge to Sen. Clinton's campaign: She is next in line.

Ummmm.......wouldn't that be Al Gore?

[okie01]

Yes, the initial aim of campaign "reforms" was less the proclaimed purpose of combating corruption or "the appearance" thereof than it was to impede the entry of inconvenient candidates into presidential campaigns. In that sense, campaign reform is a government program that has actually worked, unfortunately.

Campaign Finance "Reform" always favors the incumbent.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Candidates do have to spend too much time raising money. But that is because the government, by banning large campaign contributions, has transformed a huge American surplus -- money -- into an artificial scarcity. The government began to do this for anti-competitive purposes.

Will nails it here. Get rid of the rules and FEC regulations and let candidates raise money to their heart's content, just as long as it isn't from foreign sources, which would put candidates such as Hunter and Paul on equal footing with Romney and Giuliani.

[CyberAnt]

Interesting piece by Will.

[cinives]

Gov. George W. Bush, whose dynastic lineage propelled him past Sen. John McCain in 2000

That was not why McLame lost the primaries in 2000.

[Continental Soldier]

The question we need to keep in mind is, 'Do Americans, even democrats, really want a return to the Clinton era? I'm betting we don't.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Mankind's nervous system evolved during millions of dangerous years (saber-toothed tigers, etc.). Now, however, mankind has suddenly, in a few millennia, encountered the monotony of orderly life, which bothers human brains formed by and for hazardous circumstances.

They say that my grandfather was the first of the clan to walk fully erect!

[.cnI redruM]

What Will doesn't get into is the role of the media. They always try and suck the oxygen out the primary season and prevent a down to the wire fight. I don't know why. What could be better for the nightly news than an actual drama at a party's nominating convention?