The reform lobby is getting into high gear on saving our presidential public financing system. Since its inception after the Watergate scandals of the 1970s, it has aged and experienced abuses; it is time to pass an updated version. Longtime reformers Sen. Feingold and Reps. Shays and Meehan have written a new bill for such an occassion, and it is up to our Congresspeople to pass it for the 2008 presidential elections and afterwards. Unfortunately, given the lack of reform attitute displayed in both houses so far this year, it is not certain whether the bill will pass; if not, look out for big money checks flowing into an already corrupt executive branch.

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