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In politics, massive private campaign contributions have come under fire as a corrupter of democratic representation. John Bonifaz , the founder and director of the National Voting Rights Institute , thinks the removal of all private campaign finance is paramount to countering the current anti-democratic exclusion of the poor. Paul Taylor, founder and director of the Free TV for Straight Talk Coalition, says the wholesale removal of private campaign financing is impractical, and the regulation of candidate television air time is a far more effective method of improving the political system. How They Run , about the 1988 presidential campaign, and is a former reporter for The Washington Post . In the wealth primary, big-money donors select and finance candidates for local, state, and federal office.