As dismayed as Americans are with the influence of the special interests that finance election campaigns, they've been reluctant to embrace the alternative: taxpayer-financed elections.
John Harwood
Related It's about time lawmakers sacrifice pork projects that essentially serve as taxpayer-financed re-ele... BRIAN RIEDL As long as people are raising private money in big numbers to finance expensive campaigns, you're go... TED ARRINGTON Far too many of our elected officials are chained to an ideology that is rooted in the past. They ar... JARED POLIS There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in ... MARC RACICOT There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level ... JIM HIGHTOWER The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them. CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something becau... PETER SCHUYLER We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics. TOM DASCHLE Most politicians are corrupt as they do not represent the masses that voted for them, but rather the... STEVEN MAGEE Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is... GAEL GARCIA BERNAL I think the issue of developers' influence is going to explode in the elections in Montgomery County... JAMES BROWNING With super PACs, we've seen voter turnout go up; interest in elections rise; and the number of c... BRADLEY A. SMITH Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the ... DONNA BRAZILE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of. DASHIELL HAMMETT If there's a culprit, (it's) those special interests who don't want school finance to pass, ... Cert... DAVID DEWHURST I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relat... BEAU BRIDGES And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sw... RICK PERRY I chose as the campaign logo a blue rose, which means 'make possible the impossible.' I thin... MARINE LE PEN That's SHIT! How do you remove it? You just put it inside the trash, easy as that. DEYTH BANGER The Nazi salute was performed by public officials in the USA from 1892 through 1942. The researcher ... MICKY BARNETTI It's kind of typical campaign finance in Florida. You find these wealthy special interests who are g... BEN WILCOX As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify ... ADAM BRAUN We hope and we've made clear that the forces need to come out. It needs to be full and complete ... STEPHEN HADLEY The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions t... BERTRAND RUSSELL I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans. STEVEN SPIELBERG Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better tha... STEPHEN PAGLIUCA This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH History shows one important fact: the results of competitive special elections from Hawaii to New Yo... PETE SESSIONS I'm not going to put any stock in a poll that asks voters what they think of a hypothetical ballot m... TODD HARRIS Be nobel. Be the light as if you are the source of life. DEBASISH MRIDHA My fear is that the Republican reaction to this is negative, ... It's clear to me that the Republica... RICHARD GEPHARDT Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON What's the meaning of life? Other people. JOHN GREEN Of course, you always have to be concerned about hijacking. But with the measures that are in place ... HUGH SHELTON The GAO study revealed that one recipient even used CDSOA money to pay off a home mortgage, further ... JIM RAMSTAD If the equity markets have been reluctant to reward the stock for cash you have on [the] balance she... BISHOP CHEEN Horror as for me is the best choice, you can gain a lot of. I like to be afraid like to see this shi... DEYTH BANGER All day long you sit and sew, Stitch life down for fear it grow, Stitch life down fo... EDITH SITWELL For a number of years, I'd been around the kind of people who financed movies and the kind of pe... DAVID FINCHER I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectiv... JIMMY CARTER Even as a non-partisan group we have been able to influence the election because we're asking them w... GARTH WHYTE mount a national crusade against the senate elections. MORGAN TSVANGIRAI When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with th... HENRY FOUNTAIN ASHURST The negative side of this (election) is that nothing is going to happen until the elections are over... JEHAN PERERA What we have to do is allow the people to set the agenda for this country and not the special intere... BILL BRADLEY The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowher... IAN HUNTER I'm often saddened and dismayed to see myself portrayed as either a Luddite or as a raving techn... WILLIAM GIBSON Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth. DAVID LEVITHAN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I've worked with multiple directors throughout the 'Saw' series with a lot of conversati... TOBIN BELL Most conservatives have been historically strong defense people, but have been reluctant to embrace ... DAVID KEENE Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar. MARGARET MITCHELL Their involvement in (the election) campaign threatens free and fair elections as it borders on vote... JALE BABA Traditions that cease to evolve render themselves irrelevant or obsolete. And what's the problem wit... DAVID CUTLER Environmentalists are a socialist group of individuals that are the tool of the Democrat Party. I... DON YOUNG We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can. KAREN TODD SCARPULLA Another grave fault in our election system is that the campaigns are unduly strung out. [Election Ad... JOSEPH P. HARRIS The President and I agree that Social Security needs to be preserved so that we can ensure that all ... STEVE ISRAEL How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL I don't know. I can't tell the future I just work there. STEVEN MOFFAT In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function... JOHN RAWLS If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special educat... MARGARET SPELLINGS May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH As millions of Americans look for work, the Obama campaign and Democrats are attempting to distract ... JEB BRADLEY Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange s... MATT MCGORRY When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, the... BASHAR AL-ASSAD As Michigan's voice on the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Comm... DEBBIE STABENOW I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Is it fair to call The Princess Bride a classic? The storybook story about pirates and princesses, g... CARY ELWES Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in... HUGH JACKMAN Don’t limit your potential, embrace then accentuate the Power of your Heart’s consciousness. STEVEN REDHEAD In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get. GAYLE GARDNER I've always been interested in mindfulness and alternative ways of seeing the world. FINN JONES The credibility of the Election Commission has been seriously undermined. If there is one important ... FARHATULLAH BABAR The credibility of the Election Commission has been seriously undermined, ... If there is one import... FARHATULLAH BABAR It's almost to the point that we need election observers. The limits we have now are almost the same... GARY CLARK He will be with us for the foreseeable future. He's been convinced to stay on as EVP of finance. STEPHANIE ALLMEN Beauty is the light within. Only when you see the light within yourself will others see it in you. F. JOHNSON The presidency made John Adams an old man long before there was television. As early as the nation... R. J. CUTLER Hold fast to the Bible. . . . To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress mad... ULYSSES S. GRANT It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken... ALBERT BROOKS From a technical point of view these elections are as sound as they can be under the circumstance. CARINA PERELLI You know the way people begin to look like their dogs? Well, we're beginning to look like each other... JOHN LENNON A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and... ARTHUR MILLER John (the Baptist) stands as prophets do to this very day, as an unyielding presence unsettling us a... EUGENE KENNEDY
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