Big Money's Big Mouth

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802060767

"I fundamentally disagree, as a lawyer and a citizen, with the notion that how much money one has or can raise determines their political worth. That to me seems antithetical to all the advances our democracy has made over the years in expanding suffrage. Our Constitution clearly sets age and residency requirements for those who can serve in public office. But nowhere are there economic prerequisites. Money may equal speech when you own a car dealership and need to advertise a Lincoln Day sale, but nowhere in the Constitution is the right to drown out the voices of ordinary people when it comes to running for elective office."

-peace-