Hypothesis: John McCain. Campaing reform has been a favorite to talk about but not to pass for many years. I think that when you had a charismatic cadidate adopt an issue, it can really change things. I bet a lot of congressmen saw little John McCains in their night mares if they opposed campign reform one more time.
Fabio On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Armchairs, > > What can legislators possibly aim at when changing campaign finance laws? > > What determined the 70s wave of campaign finance reforms... what changed in > the meantime, and why the issue regained interest again? I know that > contributors intentions are also a bit puzzling, but how can one explain the > rationality of legislators limiting their own funding abilities? > > -ja >
