Quote:The problem with presidential candidates? 

 

By the time they get to the point where they're running for the highest office in the land, they've sold their souls to one special interest or another for the sake of getting the financial backing required to wage a national campaign. 

 

I know there are many here who say we need to get the money out of the electoral process, but it's gotten to the point where that's almost impossible.  The only way to do it would be to publicly fund national elections giving each candidate the same amount of money to work with, and none of the parties would agree to that because elections are big business. 

 

The way the current system is structured, most people who would make GREAT candidates for the office want nothing to do with it because they have to whore themselves out and expose their lives to the kind of public scrutiny that just isn't worth it. 

There is a movement to do just that. A 28th amendment to the constitution calling for publicly funded elections ad other restrictions on campaign finance. The state level is more receptive to the idea since most of them have not been fully bought yet. Two states have passed resolutions calling for an Article V convention 

 

As improbable as it is, it's not impossible once the ball gets rolling and it's rocking a little bit.

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