President Bush is on the defense. As each day passes with campaign finance taking center stage over tax cuts, Bush's leadership skills will be called into question. If he signs any version of the bill, McCain emerges stronger. The winners are McCain, the Democratic Party, and possibly, Senate control in 2002. The losers are issue advocacy groups, free speech, and the right of Americans to effect legislation by petitioning their government.
Soft money is a counterfeit issue.
The camouflage is working, to the detriment of our Constitution and liberty. Copyright 2001 by Bonnie Chernin Rogoff. Not to be reproduced in any fashion, in whole or in part, without written consent from the author. All rights reserved.