First post: Deadlock at the FEC
Zack Roth and I collaborated to pull together this piece on the Federal Election Commission's pattern of 3-3 splits in recent months. Mitch McConnell's efforts have paid off, and his ideological allies now fill the GOP half of the commission. Their ascendency has meant bad news for those who want the FEC to do anything.
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This is merely one of the many in the mountain of lies that is burying this country.
Bear in mind that the FEC has a quasi-regulatory mission. An awful lot of people in Washington want no part of regulation in any form. Those complaining that government regulates too much are doing their best to distract us from the monumental failures of our regulators.
June 30, 2009 8:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for this. I would have missed it. I kind of scanned something about this and went on to something else.
GOOD PIECE. And TPC has a point. FEC has no teeth so to speak. But what it could do is provide info to the public. A rallying cry is not a bad weapon to use to keep the creeps in line.
Remember CREEP ha
We have to do something as a nation. But the Supreme Court is a real stumbling block right now and will be until Kennedy goes away.
First Amendment considerations are paramount in the debate.
What really demonstrated something, what really appears to have changed the battleground in this country, was Obama's internet challenge. A challenge to the people. Give us ten bucks, give us 20 bucks. and millions responded.
The corporate pigs cannot come up with that kind of money. they cannot.
The End.
July 1, 2009 12:05 AM | Reply | Permalink