[Dan from Michigan]

Bush won't lose two points in the polls. In terms of hard money, the GOP will make out like bandits with this bill.

It's not the soft money that irks me. It's the ban on issue ads. This bill sucks as bad as anything Klinton signed.

[hchutch]

That ban will be toast before you can say "Solicitor General."

A lot of the other provisions will be toast, too. In the end the only thing left standing could be the hard money provisions and disclosure requirements.

The last attempt to fix the system had far fewer conservatives on the court, and they lose in Buckley v. Valeo. This one will go down the tubes, and what is left will set us up in the long run, and kill this issue for another 20 years.

[Texasforever]

It's not the soft money that irks me. It's the ban on issue ads. This bill sucks as bad as anything Klinton signed.

Dan as I read the new law, the ban on advocacy ads only applies to the national parties and to a lesser extent state operations. There is an exception for independent organizations and individuals.

[concerned about politics]

It's not the soft money that irks me. It's the ban on issue ads. This bill sucks as bad as anything Klinton signed.

All kinds of groups are lining up at the door of the Supreme court. NRA,NAACP,Seira Club, unions.....all ready to fight - from bith sides of the isle. Heck, they'll kill it for Bush! He comes out smelling like a rose!