Unlimited, anonymous money not enough for Rove

[Scuba]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#44898383



Rachel Maddow reveals the process by which a teeny, teeny, tiny, teeny minority of extremely wealthy individuals are essentially purchasing election victories by infusing campaigns with massive amounts of cash.

Runs 5:15




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#44898431


But why describe a problem without considering solutions?

How do you fix the thing that's supposed to fix things? Our democracy is supposed to fix problems, and it is broken. How can we fix it?

Rachel and guest Lawrence Lessig is the author of the $50 coupon, $100 cash campaign donation plan for publicy funded elections. He suggest a Constitutional Ammendment must have three parts...

1. Publicly funded federal elections


2. Contribution capped at $100


3. Limit independent expenditures


Runs 8:32


By Lessig's own admission, a Constitution Convention will be required (Congress being broken) and "will take a long time."

I'm not sure we have a long time.

[rfranklin]

1. The train has left the station...

Let's close that barn door by golly!