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Originally Posted by sgtdmski Campaign finance reform was a joke and it still is one. The bill did nothing to reform the system, all it did was take soft money away from the parties and candidates and put it in the hands of the 527s. More money was spent in the 2004 election than ever before. For the longest time democrats cried about soft money, and then the truth came out, that the dems actually raise more soft money than the republicans.
If the 2004 election cycle was any indication of what reform meant, it was a bad reform. That alone is a major hit on his candidacy.
dmk | Most people don't know that, and won't think that way. The bill could easily be spinned as bipartisanship, and it was an attempt at reform, which is more than most politicians can say they have done. It's not about what he did, it's about what it looks like he did. I know that's machiavellian, but it's also what works. |