All you populist FReepers who think it's evil for big business to contribute to candidates... I'd sure like to see any of you get elected to anything, even locally without accepting money from business interests! Who else has any extra money to contribute in the amounts necessary to buy TV time at today's rates?
In CA, talk radio and internet alone ain't gonna git anybody elected statewide! Just ask any loser!!!
This truism is changing rapidly. Note Howard Dean's success in Internet fundraising.