How The GOP Went From 48 To Zero In Support Of Donor Disclosure

Nobody's going to handicap himself on principle if it means that in doing so he's guaranteed to lose the election.



Not Obama & not any Republican.



We're awash in corrupt politicians, no statesmen. There really isn't a patriot in the bunch.



I'm not saying that Obama shouldn't have reneged; he never should have made the pledge in the first place. Candidates volunteering to handicap themselves isn't the way to go about getting public financing -- Public financing of campaigns should be the only way that a candidate can pay for his campaign.



Neither political party supports reforming the system because there's just too much money to be made. Personally. They see public office as a lifelong career where they can make or maintain huge personal fortunes.



Some may have (or had) a belief that they could do some good for the People along the way to their amassing fortunes, but after a few months they realize that's a naive view, one that's not possible with how the system is set up.



Read the article again. It's written from the perspective of, "what the 2 parties could agree on -- Transparency".



Like Obama deciding on his own that the insurance industry as gatekeeper to medical treatment must be maintained, so any healthcare reform had to work around that, despite the fact that it's the insurance industry in the equation that's the problem.



Democrats & Republicans are h3llbent on keeping corporations, with their unlimited money, in our election system.
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