Fair Elections Now Act

Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.

Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) has a sad story to tell about how he lost a friend in Washington. "I came here in 1998. I served with a guy named Jim Malo...

When campaign finance legislation levels up rather than limits down political speech, the result is more candidates from diverse backgrounds competing for support. Call it the ''more speech'' solution.

Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Milk. All special interest patrons of America's Big Money bordello. What are good progressives to do? Either we get lobotomies or we fix the way the country finances politics.

Who isn't tempted by the siren song of big donors? Their cash paves the way for electoral triumph and its accompanying power and success.

The battle ahead on financial regulation pits consumer interests against wealthy lobbying interests that have made a huge investment in campaign contributions.

Our bloated defense budget is another example of how campaign finance skews policy and spending priorities towards those who give the most and often have significant influence.

Advocates of publicly funded political campaigns are handicapped because changing the way electoral efforts are paid for is a "process" issue.

If you think special-interest influence in Congress perverts our public policy, last week saw an outrage that vindicates that belief entirely.

For years, financial institutions like Bank of America and AIG donated millions to the very people who were supposed to regulate them. The result is obvious.

With powerful Congressional leaders now behind public financing, the chances to roll back the pay-to-play politics norm in Washington, D.C. have never looked better.

The McCain campaign, despite its intent to take public financing in a few months for the general election, is conducting a high-dollar fundraising event every day of the week.