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Posted at 5:30pm on Dec. 11, 2007 Survey says: Romney's speech failed

By Mark Kilmer

(This post is not an attack of any sort on any candidate.)

From Utah, the Salt Lake Tribune reports that 2008 Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's Texas speech of last Thursday failed to convince Americans that it is okay to vote for a Mormon.

A Gallup poll conducted in the days after Romney's much-anticipated Mormon speech last week shows about 17 percent of Americans still are less inclined to vote for a Mormon candidate of their own party, about the same as a March poll asking the same question.

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Posted at 12:17pm on Mar. 27, 2007 McCain-Feingold: no reason to celebrate this anniversary

Here's to rethinking the premise

By krempasky

Today marks the 5th anniversary of President Bush's signing of a law which he claimed at the time to be unconstitutional. Five years ago today, John McCain got his way - enshrining into law some of the most sweeping restrictions of speech since the Alien and Sedition Acts. (more from Tapscott and CampaignFreedom)

With sweet irony, starting from the premise that money in politics = bad, McCain and his supporters in the "academic" and non-profit community steered millions of tax-exempt dollars into creating the mythology of a public outcry about campaign finance. Using registered lobbyists like Fred Wertheimer and company - even using his own PAC and campaigns at times - our government criminalized the most valuable form of speech: that of citizens criticizing their government.

What are we left with? A class of elites (most of which bill $400 an hour to advise their well-heeled clients on "compliance") who use the power of law to chill the speech of smaller speakers. And worse, their paranoia and desire to close loopholes knows no bounds. They even tell us that, no matter how complex or daunting the laws might be, "they are well worth whatever inconvenience and lawyers’ fees they may generate" (note: nice of the lawyers to look out for each other)

Oh, and by the way: I'm sure you've noticed the drastic reduction in political corruption. That's right - the freaking law doesn't even work.

Read on . . .

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