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...McCain-Feingold bill will make matters worse, as suggested by recent imbroglios in Germany under its heavily-regulated campaign finance regime. Donations to parties will be limited, but those to independent organizations--e.g., the notorious "Republicans for Clean Air"--will not. The Supreme Court has protected their spending as free speech, and rightfully so. By allowing the government to regulate political speech, we necessarily restrict the voices that will be heard and run the risk of further strengthening incumbent politicians...
...anyone was surprised that Daschle came out against Ashcroft - opposing this nomination has become a Democratic issue. It won't sink the nomination by any means, because there are enough Democrats who will vote for him. On the Senate Judiciary Committee, two Democrats are still hedging their bets: Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl, both of Wisconsin. Feingold will probably vote for the Ashcroft nomination, and that could mean Kohl, who's really held off making any judgment on Ashcroft, will follow his lead...
...After reaching a general agreement that Lott called "a win-win for all concerned," the majority leader gets a dose of peace, and McCain gets a number. The McCain-Feingold soft-money ban will be debated on the Senate floor in mid-to-late March, after education and quite possibly, if that goes well, the budget. And Bush, said Lott, gets "the opportunity that I thought he deserved... to roll out his agenda." Which McCain-Feingold is most definitely...
...expect this year's battle to feature lots and lots of alternatives to McCain-Feingold from both sides of the aisle, and then lots and lots of unacceptable amendments to whatever version of it survives. Some Republicans want to package it up with electoral reform - the better to kill two birds with one stone, Democrats say. Democrats, having picked up five seats, may give the Arizona senator the numbers to keep McConnell from reading the phone book until August. But don't be surprised if they suddenly start finding things wrong with his bill...
...TIME's congressional correspondent, Douglas Waller, has been keeping an eye on the debate surrounding campaign finance reform, and says any troubles the bill faces won't arise until voting actually starts. "McCain and Feingold claim they've got enough (60 votes) to make the bill filibuster-proof. That means they probably have all 50 Democrats and 10 Republicans lined up at the moment" - but the big question remains: How many of them will lose their stomach when confronted with the fact that this is no longer a theoretical issue. Plenty of senators, Democrats in particular, according to some reports...