What Larry fails to credit is the frustration which voters feel when 
they learn of the huge amounts of money which candidates take from 
special interests and big business and there seems to be no 
alternative that is any better.  I address the argument that 
disclosure alone will cure all campaign financing ills in the op-ed I 
co-authored with Ted Williams which appeared in the San Jose Mercury 
News on 6/5 (the day before the California primary): 
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14743465.htm>http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14743465.htm

At 3:56 PM -0700 6/13/06, Larry Levine wrote:
>
>Go ahead and support "clean money" if you wish. But remember, money 
>spend through independent expenditures is less transparent that 
>money given directly to a candidate. Not only that, we are seeing 
>early signs of how independent expenditures can be used as a dirty 
>trick to sink a candidate.
>I know I've sang this song before. But how about no contribution 
>limits, monthly reporting until 4 months before the election, weekly 
>reporting until 2 months before the election and daily reporting 
>after that. It's the only way to do away with independent 
>expenditures without shredding the first amendment.
>Larry Levine


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