[NittanyLion]

You don't have to give large sums of cash to a pol to show your support for that pol or your dislike of his or her opponent. There are many other ways of making your voice heard about political candidates. That's why campaign cash is constitutionally not a free speech issue.

By that logic, because we have newspapers, cable news could be abolished without infringing upon freedom of speech.

Just because I can put up a yard sign doesn't mean I shouldn't also be able to pool money with likeminded individuals and place an ad in a local paper or on a local TV station.

[Josh Painter]

NittanyLion wrote: "By that logic, because we have newspapers, cable news could be abolished without infringing upon freedom of speech."

No, in terms of the debate, cable news is just an electronic newpaper.

And wrote: "Just because I can put up a yard sign doesn't mean I shouldn't also be able to pool money with likeminded individuals and place an ad in a local paper or on a local TV station."

I don't disagree with that. There should, however, be a limit on how much money each individual can put up.