I agree - how we finance campaigns is grotesque, and I'm not defending it. Fern is correct in noting that state legislators, and corporate donations to them, need to be scrutinized as much as federal-level political donations. Prof. Richardson's article was musing about the possibility that there may be a fissure between corporate polit…
I agree - how we finance campaigns is grotesque, and I'm not defending it. Fern is correct in noting that state legislators, and corporate donations to them, need to be scrutinized as much as federal-level political donations. Prof. Richardson's article was musing about the possibility that there may be a fissure between corporate political interests and the interests that have so far brought populist/nationalist/racist into the Republican voting base. The discussion's gotten a little off track from the Professor's post, and that was why I responded to Fern's comment.
I agree - how we finance campaigns is grotesque, and I'm not defending it. Fern is correct in noting that state legislators, and corporate donations to them, need to be scrutinized as much as federal-level political donations. Prof. Richardson's article was musing about the possibility that there may be a fissure between corporate political interests and the interests that have so far brought populist/nationalist/racist into the Republican voting base. The discussion's gotten a little off track from the Professor's post, and that was why I responded to Fern's comment.