[Miss Marple]

Here is the explanation of why he signed the bill, as well as the parts he thinks will be challenged in court, from the White House web site:

President Bush articulates why he signed the bill

[foolish-one]

You need to go to the Official Bush Accomplishment List link. Your comments belong on that thread. Thank you for your time.

[Tauzero]

"Taken as a whole, this bill improves the current system of financing for Federal campaigns, and therefore I have signed it into law."

There you have it.

[grania]

President Discusses Campaign Finance Reform with Reporters

Often, these groups take political action without the consent of their members or shareholders, so that the influence of these groups on elections does not necessarily comport with the actual views of the individuals who comprise these organizations. This prohibition will help to right that imbalance.

Second, this law will raise the decades-old limits on giving imposed on individuals who wish to support the candidate of their choice, thereby advancing my stated principle that election reform should strengthen the role of individual citizens in the political process.

This is from the artical you posted from the White House communique. I agree with these two issues...individuals can give more of their money to elections, in their own names and unions and non profits can stop giving their members dues to political campaigns...nothing wrong with that. It just doesn't seem like this bill is the end of civilization as we know it. (The illegals, on the other hand, might be)