Polling data is clear: voters of all ideological viewpoints see our corrupt system of campaign finance as a serious problem, a problem of both law and ethics. And voters want change.
Liberals offer a plan for change: elect a liberal president, and a liberal Senate, and that will assure one or more additional liberal supreme court justices. With the reversal of Citizens United -- the most unpopular Supreme Court decision in recent memory -- the problem will be solved. Even if it isn't solved (it wont' be) liberals will get a lot of other things they want. Angry voters only need to give the go ahead in November.
Political conservatives can put their head in the sand and deny there is a problem, at least until the first Wednesday in November when they will wake up to realize that there is a problem. Or they can propose -- and insist that Congress enact -- solutions that withstand constitutional scrutiny under the Supreme Court's existing case law. There is a lot that Congress can do, and political conservatives should be leading the charge to make sure it is done now, before the alternative -- the POTUS + SCOTUS plan -- swings into action.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/opinion/the-conservative-case-forcampaign-finance-reform.html
http://www.amazon.com/Taxation-Only-Representation-Richard-Painter/dp/1939324122
Some will say that I am politicizing this issue. It has always been political. The question is whether either side -- or people in the middle -- will take this troubling legal and ethical problem seriously. Or will we allow politicians to use it, and the campaign finance system, to their advantage while the American people stand on the sidelines?