I have no idea about whether this would obsolete parties. I tend to think not. If so, how about voiding the rest of McCain-Feingold, that might restore them, yes?

But what I do know is that the current system was already broken, when Obambus could gather unlimited funds by pretending they were from lots of little contributors. But then, that’s the way the big guys have been getting around campaign finance laws for decades, buying scads of $10,000 seats at dinners, and whatnot.

What I *think* this new law means, is that besides the New Yawk Times being allowed to communicate their opinions to voters in the last 30 days, so will Exxon now be able to. And that, I think, is just fine with me.

I also assume there are lots of other existing campaign finance laws that prevent foreign money from being used to finance campaigns. What’s fuzzy is foreign companies with significant operations in the US, but then, why shouldn’t they have a voice?