[EL] FW: thought experiment

[JBoppjr at aol.com]

An even better thought experiment is:  Where would we be  if Robert 
Samuelson had his way?
 
 
_Click  here: The super PAC confusion - The Washington Post_ 
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-super-pac-confusion/2012/02/17/gIQApb1FOR_story
.html)  

 
Frankly, this is more likely than Rick's, I think.  Jim  Bopp
 
 
In a message dated 2/21/2012 9:40:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
BSmith at law.capital.edu writes:

 
 





Rick on his blog asks:  
"Thought experiment: what would the Republican campaign  look like if we 
could still enforce the $5,000 individual contribution limit  on PACS, if 
corporate and labor union treasury funds could not go into PACs,  and if 
contributions to 527s remained under a legal cloud?"


Too easy:  Romney would have already won the GOP nomination, and would be 
in the process  of being outspent somewhere between 2 and 4 to one in the 
general  election.


Bradley A. Smith 
Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault 
Professor of Law 
Capital University Law School 
303 E. Broad St. 
Columbus, OH 43215 
614.236.6317 
_http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx_ 
(http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx) 








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