Larry Makinson Quotations

There are two ways of looking at campaign finance,

There are a lot of incumbents raising a lot of money and setting it aside for the next campaign, and the moat they build around the castle of incumbency becomes even deeper.

We're going to be keeping track of those IOUs, who they are to, and what is being done about them.

There's no comparison when you compare the overall impact of business contributions versus labor,

The money provides a buffer that could keep Bradley in the race longer than the voters would.

This is a story about what one election hath wrought to the PAC dollars, ... Again, being used to watching these things move very incrementally, it looks like the glacier just calved off and the Democrats were the victims in that one.

For Congress and the president, because they have had to make so much money to get elected, their options to implement reform are limited and probably not politically feasible.

It's an area where most people may not have much knowledge,

In the vast majority of races around the country, there is no question who is going to win. Absent an indictment or scandal or $1 million in the bank, it's awfully difficult to unseat an incumbent.