I wouldn't actually want to do that.  In order to qualify for public financing, a candidate would have to meet certain qualifications.  For instance, he might be required to show that he has the brains that God gave a rock and to show that he has a snowball's chance in hell of winning (just an example).

But what if someone really really really wants to run and thinks that he can win?  In that case, he should be allowed to use his own money.  If it happens that he is richer than God and could virtually buy the election, then his opposition would have to be given equal money by the financing authority in order to "level the playing field".

That way, no one can say that they were prohibited from running for office.

by EveningStarNM on 07/29/2009 05:36:08 AM EST

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