It won't be McCain

There was a time when I thought John McCain was merely misguided in his desire to promote Campaign Finance Reform.  David Hill thinks not, and I'm now inclined to agree.

Pols and pundits enamored by two presidential frontrunners inside the Beltway, namely Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), are ignoring the competitive advantages that governors and other non-senators have enjoyed in recent decades. If you are looking for better odds in 2008, think about someone like outgoing Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a rising star in conservative Republican circles.

Huckabee gave us a reason to pay attention recently when he took on the issue of campaign finance reform. This could be a key to derailing McCain’s straight-to-the-nomination express train. Huckabee called out the Arizonan for fashioning a “reformed” system that allows senators like McCain (and Clinton) to transfer money from Senate committees to presidential efforts. Meanwhile, governors like Huckabee can’t move their state funds into federal accounts.

The federal funds transfer loophole is only one of the defects of the system that McCain and his liberal partner Russ Feingold fashioned. And it’s not even the worst.

Also known as the Incumbency Protection Bill, Campaign Finance Reform certainly seems to favor Washington insiders, but even with that I don't see McCain gaining the Presidency in '08.

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[bluestaterepublican]

Thanks for your remarks about Mike Huckabee. I invite you and your readers to learn more about him at www.mikehuckabeepresident2008.blogspot.com

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