First, this is a "state-run media" article. You know it is when they say things like
"The Republican financial plans [to raise $1 billion] are unlike anything seen before in American politics"while
never mentioning that Obama has
already targeted that figure:
Analysis: Billion-dollar Obama to run moneyed campaignhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/04/us-usa-election-obama-analysis-idUSTRE7330NY20110404So "plans unlike anything seen before" turns out to mean "since last year".
I am new here but I hoped I wouldn't find many MSM zombies.
For the guy who asked if we're ready
"for real campaign finance reform":
1. I've noticed that whenever something didn't work out as progressives hoped, they say it's because it wasn't "real". The first time I noticed it was after the Senate's seven-week debate on the Iraq War Resolution was approved 79-21, progressives said
"we need a real debate".
2. We've had nearly 40 years of "campaign finance reform" -- some of it so "real" that the Supreme Court had to strike it down on First Amendment grounds. How do you like it? Here's a clue: When campaign contributors -- let's just use Obama's green energy rackets for example -- can get billions in government handouts for an expenditure of less than a million in campaign donations, I'll give you three guesses what's gonna happen no matter what other "rules" you have. And the first two don't count.
