The general public desire for campaign finance reform is substantial and rising. This same percentage believes the problems with the current system are getting worse. Voters are most upset about special interests influence-buying, when asked to rank their concerns about the system. This suggests that Members' insulation from negatives about the institution of Congress in general is diminishing. Voters have clear ideas about what constitutes reform.
Voters also show little sympathy for one oft-used argument against campaign finance reform.
Read Loretta Green's colorful column on the event. This article details the new facilities to be built at the YMCA Mid-Peninsula and the Foundation's support that helped make the project a reality. The audience challenged and amused him with a variety of questions ranging from the complexities of the universe to television sitcoms.