1.0 link 139474 <![CDATA[The Battle Over CA Prop 5: Special Interests Overwhelming the Public Interest]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-battle-over-ca-prop-5_b_139474.html Here is picture that sums up much that is wrong with American politics. Five governors of California, Democrats and Republicans, joining forces to oppose something that is indisputably in the public interest.

This is an image that could be repeated, with different faces, in region after region of our country, involving issue after issue. Public officials standing against the public good, with the disastrous results on display from Detroit to Wall Street. All suffering from the same destructive force: the power...

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