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...parties, and drawing the lines will be a difficult and politically wrenching task. Nevertheless, these difficulties should not prevent other politicians, notably our current presidential candidates, from adopting the New York deal as their own. On the same note, they should not slow the passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill and similar efforts to keep unlimited and unregulated soft money out of politics forever...
...moment when many voters are particularly tuned in to the issue. In the U.S. Senate race between Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio, soft money took center stage last week, when the candidates signed an agreement to stop accepting any unregulated contributions. And this week, campaign finance dogmatists Sens. Russ Feingold and John McCain challenged Gore and Bush to follow suit. Gore, who's seen by many as the ultimate master of dubious fund-raising practices, managed to simultaneously accept the challenge and take a swipe at his opponent. Bush demurred, saying he didn't think he could trust Gore...
...abandoning the battlefield," and "everybody does it." He might want to start convincing us that if elected and placed in the fund-raising catbird seat, he'll actually use his power to reduce his reelection chances. That he won't pull a Torricelli on us, and back McCain-Feingold right up until it actually has a chance to pass...
...Campaign finance reform is my favorite issue. If this former solicitor-in-chief can somehow convince me of his sincerity, that will go a long way. (Certainly there is no competition from Bush to be the president who gets McCain-Feingold through the McConnell roadblock.) Likewise the environment, where Gore's sincerity is unquestioned but his ability to effect real change is questionable. The corporation-bashing is a turn-off -this economy wouldn't have boomed much without big business - but then again, corporations are quite able to take care of themselves...
...Campaign finance reform is my favorite issue. If this former solicitor-in-chief can somehow convince me of his sincerity, that will go a long way. (Certainly there is no competition from Bush to be the president who gets McCain-Feingold through the McConnell roadblock.) Likewise the environment, where Gore's sincerity is unquestioned but his ability to effect real change is questionable. The corporation-bashing is a turn-off -this economy wouldn't have boomed much without big business - but then again, corporations are quite able to take care of themselves...