[traditional1]

If no Democrat who takes donations from Hollywood elitists votes on regulation of porn, regulation of movie content, TV content legislation, etc., is NOT investigated for corruption, how can a business-related vote in favor of a lobbyist be any different?

Any "constituent", such as MoveOn.org is not considered a "lobbyist"? The whole corrupt system of donations to candidates, including the propoganda by the MSM for Liberals, is a joke.

Eliminate ALL donations to political candidates and parties, and put Americans ALL on the same footing. Elections will become LOCAL, and representation of the little guy would result.

[EternalVigilance]

I know it is counter-intuitive, but you have it backwards, in fact: the way to break the lobbyist/incumbent lock on DC power is to remove all donation limits, not to further gut the First Amendment by imposing more. With full disclosure, of course, so the voters can clearly see who bought whom...

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Eliminate ALL donations to political candidates and parties, and put Americans ALL on the same footing.

Pie in the sky happy claptrap.

Money = speech, whether you like it or not.

Better yet, there should be no restrictions on political donations, but there should also be full disclosure.

[mo]

Just make all interaction with representatives completely transparent....just like the SEC does with coroporate boards.......

[BigSkyFreeper]

Eliminate ALL donations to political candidates and parties, and put Americans ALL on the same footing.

That's just the sort of misguided gobbledygook McCain and Feingold were happily shoving down everyones collective throats just to pass that piece of garbage legislation of theirs known as campaign finance reform.

What business is it of Feingold and McCain just who and how much I donate?

[dirtboy]

Eliminate ALL donations to political candidates and parties, and put Americans ALL on the same footing. Elections will become LOCAL, and representation of the little guy would result.

Yeah, sure. First of all, money equals speech to any sane conservative. Second, campaign contributions are not the problem. Oversized government is, and affected parties will always find a way to influence the politicians who pass laws that affect them.