Word: campaign
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Bradley is also rejecting contributions from political action committees (PACs) during his campaign, saying taking contributions he would try to ban would diminish his ability to lead on campus finance reform...
...result, wealthy donors and corporations have given hundreds of thousands of dollars in soft money to political parties--an attempt to gain political influence in the eyes of campaign finance reform proponents...
...Soft money is one of the biggest loopholes that special interests have to get money to campaigns," said Eric Schmeltzer, communications associate at Public Campaign, a not-for-profit organization advocating campaign finance reform. "It is one of the biggest sources of buying influence and access to elected officials...
...McCain and Bradley want to build support for their presidential bids using campaign finance reform as a central issue, they must be able to explain the rather technical legal issue in ways voters can understand...
Whether or not campaign finance will catch on as an important issue in either party's primary remains to be seen...