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Contents |
| Preface |
| I. The History of
Campaign Finance in the U.S. |
| Editor's Introduction |
| 1) A History of
Federal Campaign Finance Law. Anthony Corrado. From the book Campaign
Finance Reform: A Sourcebook |
| 2) Money Troubles. Dan
Froomkin. Washington Post |
| 3) Designed for
Impotence. Joshua Wolf Shenk. U.S. News and World Report |
| 4) Scandal of the
Past, Present and Future. Ellen Miller and Micah Sifry. Intellectual
Capital |
| II. Soft Money:
PACs and Issue Advocacy 35 |
| Editor's
Introduction |
| 1) Got Money? Ron
Schaumburg and Timothy Kelley. New York Times Upfront |
| 2) Moving Money Around
Washington. Steven and Allison R. Hayward. Reason |
| 3) The New Money Game.
Romesh Ratnesar. Time 44 |
| 4) Tobacco and Its
Money Have Minority Allies in New York. Clifford J. Levy. New
York Times |
| 5) Social In-Security.
Common Cause |
| 6) Bought and Paid
For. Mark Hertsgaard. Salon |
| 7) Corporate Cash
Pours Into Conventions. Mike Allen. Washington Post |
| 8) Campaign Overhaul
Mired In Money and Loopholes. Karen Foerstel and Peter Wallsten with
Derek Willis. Congressional Quarterly Weekly |
| 9) Double Down: A Look
At Soft Money Fund-Raising by Leadership PACs. Holly Bailey. Center
for Responsive Politics |
| III. The Debate
Over Campaign Finance Reform |
| Editor's
Introduction |
| 1) The Reform
Quandary. Jeremy Lehrer. Human Rights |
| 2) One Cheer for Soft
Money. Steven E. Schier. Washington Monthly |
| 3) "The First
Amendment Is Not a Stop Sign Against Reform." Bob Schiff. The
Progressive |
| 4) Campaign Finance
Reform: Faulty Assumptions and Undemocratic Consequences. Bradley A.
Smith. USA Today |
| 5) Campaign Primer's
First Lesson: Cash Flows from Contacts. Guy Gugliotta. Washington
Post |
| 6) Free Money. James
V. DeLong. Reason |
| 7) A Look at . . .
Roadblocks to Campaign Reform. Milton S. Gwirtzman. Washington
Post |
| 8) The First Step in
Campaign Finance Reform: Fix the FCC. Pat Choate. Intellectual
Capitol |
| IV. Steps Toward
Reform |
| Editor's
Introduction |
| 1) Profiteering from
Democracy. Charles Lewis. The Center for Public Integrity |
| 2) Senate Approves
Disclosure Measure. Helen Dewar. Washington Post |
| 3) Taking Offense.
Jonathan Cohn. New Republic |
| 4) The Hard Fight
Against Soft Money. William Greider. Rolling Stone |
| 5) Political Reform
Comes from Communities. Ric Bainter and Paul Lhevine. National
Civic Review |
| 6) Clean Money in
Maine. Marc Cooper. The Nation |
