[Hoot Gibson]

Right now, perpetual fund raising is a place where the legislators of the two major parties meet in unity. "Pay to play" has no favorite red or blue suit. When a group of people form a corporation, and then like-interests corporations form strategic lobbying groups pumping mega green into the digestive bowels of elections at every "check and balance" level? Isn't it a tad "gullible" to believe that the best interests of individual citizens and communities are best served by giving Big Money all the real seats at the table?

So, you think a celebrity like Trump or Sean Penn would make honest, trustworthy public servants because they would not have to spend so much time fundraising building their name recognition? What about Kim Kardashian? Wouldn't she make a swell U.S. Senator?

One reason that politicians spend so much time fundraising is the restrictions that are placed on individual contributions. Remove the limits and require full disclosure of donations, and let voters decide whether the donations accepted by a candidate have corrupted them. Then, only candidates with something to hide would resort to Super PACs to do their dirty work.

Think about the logic of believing that Congress will ever pass campaign finance laws that will not benefit incumbents and that a President would also sign a bill into law making it easier for challengers to defeat them. It is nothing but wishful thinking.