Jonathan D. Salant
Opponents of efforts to regulate political spending said the politicians are the ones who benefit by campaign finance restrictions.
“The ‘Reformers’ are a who’s who of Washington insiders, lobbyists and power brokers, exactly the type of people who benefit most from limiting other people’s ability to speak and criticize government,” said David Keating, president of the Center for Competitive Politics, based in Alexandria, Va. “Many of them were tossed out of office by their constituents after their records were exposed by the kind of speech they now want to limit.”
