Politics without the money factor

Jon Stewart to Democrats: Stop asking for money. The Democratic Party may have already raised almost $600 million this election cycle, but its various committees are showing no signs of letting up. This is particularly ironic given how many prominent Democrats regularly inveigh against the influence of money in politics. On last night’s episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart skewered the Democrats for exactly this feat of cognitive dissonance.
In the words of former US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: “In a functioning democracy the public must have faith that its representatives owe their positions to the people, not to the corporations with the deepest pockets.”

Well… we’re far off at the moment.