Let freedom ring!

Freedom of speech, which was always about political speech, is showing signs of returning from it's long exile in the name of keeping money out of politics. Years ago, I attended a school for candidates, where I learned some of the basic political facts of life. Rule One was "Money is the mother's milk of politics." It's true and you can't change it. The trick is getting more small donations and fewer George Soroses and Hollywood bankrollers. Let's hope the tide is turning with W's appointees.

[Another one of the rules was that you have to reach out to swing voters without losing your base. That's the Democrats' problem today. They've alienated swing voters and a lot of their traditional base in order to let a bunch of aging sixties radicals indulge their nostalgia. They like to talk about fighting, but what they mean is demonstrating and mouthing off, not real fighting like the people who win wars do.]