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Special Interests
There is a general feeling in the country that special interests are eroding the representation of the interests of the people. Of course they do this in the name of the people, which is often called spinning in political terms.
Such special interests use their influence to pressure political powers and convey messages that are directed using subtle terminology designed to make something look more appealing than it may be in reality.
Considerations in Free Speech
Between the PAC's, 527's and lobbyists, the effect of special interests can not be denied. When a particular group wants to influence an election they seem to attack their opponent with both fervor and bias. Fair representation of views are lost to agenda orientation.
All groups and individuals have bias. Perspective affects how people and groups view things. The problem is that bias causes aspects outside of that bias to be ignored. When other perspectives are ignored, then understanding suffers.
Freedom of speech is a constitutional protection. While most Americans would agree that special interests take it too far, it is difficult to deal with such bias as it applies to elections. These are the types of issues that the McCain/Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), which passed in 2002, was designed to address. In the process of getting it passed it was watered down somewhat.
In 1976 the Supreme court decided on a case called "Buckley v. Valeo" This needs to be examined from a context on intention of the forefathers in order to find the flaws in the logic presented at the time as well as the construct of the court and its influences of the time. The Centrist Party will present arguments on this when fully examined.
