In a 2-1 vote, the court ruled that political parties can raise corporate and union contributions for general party-building activities such as get-out-the-vote drives and voter registration but cannot use it for issue advertising.
So advertising can still only be run using hard money. That largely favors the GOP.
"Come out and vote for your favorite candidate and insure your medicare and social security doesn't get cut to the bone. Get out the vote to save your life from poverty"
150 posted on 05/02/2003 1:42:38 PM PDT by bert
(Don't Panic !)