I was thinking about campaign finance reform, and the way money moves from individual campaigns to their parties and back again. Thinking in purely financial terms, if the best possible campaign finance reform bill was passed to create a level playing-field for all serious candidates, would political parties wither-away and eventually become extinct? Would a truly effective finance reform bill slowly strangle the two-party system, leaving a mass of independent candidates in every election? Is that a good thing? Now, I must admit, I’m not entirely sure. Thoughts, anyone?
