-And in deep-red Kansas, there is no clear leader between Democrat Adam Hamilton (49%) and Republican Sen. Roger Marshall (45%), even as likely voters there say they would prefer Republicans to control the Senate.

That's the direction the ads are going now....."If you elect Hamilton...the extreme left wins....is that what you want???"

LOL

Actually it's boiled down to the "pedo protector" contest here in Kansas.

Both sides are accusing the other of protecting pedos.

Stop it with the fascist crap.

Both sides are pouring hundreds of millions into these 4 races. The vast majority of it from out of state and wealthy donors.

Nobody seems to be bitching about that right now.

But whining about "fascism" at the same time as if they understand what it means.

-Because it doesn't matter. Only teams matter

winning is everything. Surprise...nobody is bitching about the $85 million spent so far on one senate race in Kansas....I would imagine 80% of from out of state.

Because winning the seat is what matters.

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I'm not complaining. I'm pointing out the lack of complaining on your part.

I'm calling you the hypocrite.

You need to believe one side wants to change it......believe it if you need to.

I'll believe it when it happens. Just because one side absolutely wants to own politicians doesn't necessarily mean the other side wants to fix that problem.

and to be fair to the democratic party.....I'm not blaming the party for what voters don't really care about.

which is where the real problem lies.

Ask Russ Feingold (and John McCain if he were alive) how the voters responded to their most significant legislative achievement.....the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.

Voters whine about campaign finance, Citizens United, etc....but they're full of shit for the most part.

-I am tired of the Dems being wimps

The Dems understand who their voters are and they understand how campaigns are funded.

I wish all democratic party candidates/incumbents could run on issues and campaign like Obama did.......raise lots of money in smaller increments....but it doesn't work like that very often.

When the rubber meets the road, Kamala Harris accepted 7 figure and 8 figure donations from more billionaires than Trump did. Trump just had 1 donor with a deeper pocket.

And I don't think you're a hypocrite....I was referring to many others....but you introduced the term so I used it.

-It has been chopped and changed many times in the 24 years since it passed, including by Citizens United

Yeah, and McCain helped put multiple members on the Supreme court that passed CU.

so it's kind of hard to point fingers since Feingold got voted out not all that long after that and couldn't manage to get his seat back. The Patriot Act vote didn't help him, IMO.

My point is that I'll continue to vote for democrats in general elections but not because I expect any movement on this issue......

-Are you playing games with me,

in order to do that, I would attempt to fool you or confuse you.

where am I doing either?

You can disagree but I believe the voters aren't interested in making material changes to how campaigns are financed. As a result, their representatives aren't likely to move faster than they want.

I'll again refer you to McCain-Feingold.......those guys were ahead of it with that. But the SCOTUS dismantled it as well as other efforts which indicates the country didn't really want it.

I'll embrace all of the changes you'd like to see implemented....no need to sell me on them. I'm in.......