Fair Elections Now Act

The "Change Congress" group, envisions political campaign reform combining public financing with just this sort of small-donor energy. http://change-congress.org/about/ the CC-supported "Fair Elections Now Act" would establish that "congressional candidates who raise a threshold number of small-dollar donations would qualify for a chunk of [public] funding—several hundred thousand dollars for House, millions for many Senate races. If they accept this funding, they can't raise big-dollar donations. But they can raise contributions up to $100, which would be matched four to one by a central fund. Reduced fees for TV airtime is also an element of this bill. This would create an incentive for politicians to opt into this system and run people-powered campaigns." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQrItugDHqw The CC website cites a "November 2008 poll finding that "the public supports such a proposal 69% to 13%, including overwhelming majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOyW6HUKPAE And even though it would obviously help THEIR CAUSE in races like this upstate NY-23 showdown, I'd bet the farm not a single "Patricia Teabag" anywhere across Lee Greenwood's 'Murrica will get behind anything like it (no reason to even guess about the GOP candidate)...which is a crying shame, and why this AM radio right wing populism is a big phony dead end, and WORSE than useless even as a raw show of "people-power". Book A FREE 1/2 Hr. Phone Consultation