Campaign reform and astroturf
Posted by Joseph Knippenberg
John Fund writes today on a story that was all over the blogosphere last week. Catch up, if you missed it the first time. And while you’re at it, read this from the estimable Win Myers.
Update: Glenn Reynolds weighs in, and there’s yet more at Democracy Project
10:09 AM / March 21, 2005
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Fund puts his finger on a very important problem. "Republican" majorities are impotent if they let liberals, in the phony guises of nonpartisanship, do their thinking for them. It’s a good reason why conservative intellectuals and policy experts are so absolutely necessary.