http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/01/23/buying-the-presidency/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/01/23/buying-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-54270 terrance Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:08:20 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/01/23/buying-the-presidency/#comment-54270 You're right about vicious cycle of high campaign costs and high-dollar donors. Opting out of public funding only increases the likelihood that the cycle will continue, but how can we blame candidates when the amount of public funding available doesn't keep pace with the real costs of campaigning? You’re right about vicious cycle of high campaign costs and high-dollar donors. Opting out of public funding only increases the likelihood that the cycle will continue, but how can we blame candidates when the amount of public funding available doesn’t keep pace with the real costs of campaigning?

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/01/23/buying-the-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-54152 Donna Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:48:07 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/01/23/buying-the-presidency/#comment-54152 I agree. If a person thinks about what aspects of life are important and which money cannot buy, it is pathetic that our leaders would be determined by money rather than those aspects like love, sunshine, honesty, self-respect, integrity and so forth. I agree. If a person thinks about what aspects of life are important and which money cannot buy, it is pathetic that our leaders would be determined by money rather than those aspects like love, sunshine, honesty, self-respect, integrity and so forth.

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