[VRWC_minion]

What a waste of time. Bill passed will be unconstitutional. Before the ink is dry, it will be in defeated in court.

The real question is how much political capital should be burned up on this. Bush has it right. Sign it and get it thrown out in court.

[VRWC_minion]

But before its overturned won't it hurt Rats this election cycle ?

[Dog Gone]

Bush has said that he would support a campaign finance reform bill. I don't think he said he would support or sign THIS one.

[hchutch]

No way. The left will use it to shut our guys up. Michael Barnes in an interview said that HCI (now the Brady Campaign) supported McCain-Feingold because "it would much more adversely affect the power of the gun lobby." (San Diego Union-Tribune, April 15, 2001)

That's what will happen. Bush's veto pen is all that stands between this bill and censorship from the left.

[wimpycat]

What a waste of time. Bill passed will be unconstitutional. Before the ink is dry, it will be in defeated in court. The real question is how much political capital should be burned up on this. Bush has it right. Sign it and get it thrown out in court.

I agree. Bush can say he signed it--Congress can say they passed it--John McCain can't complain about it anymore--and the Supreme Court will throw it out (maybe). Everybody's happy, and nothing has changed. That's the way Washington works.

[linn37]

yeah but while we wait on the courts to decide it the Dems will be choked off of soft money.The Republicans raise more in the hard money category............hehe