> Campaign finance is a separate issue. I don't know much about it. Orson Scott Card, however, wrote an essay on it (on the same site where he posted the essay about electoral college). I'll provide a link.

On a side note: A though provoking essay by mister Card here, making a good point, but I'm still for finance reform. His explination of 'soft money' is welcomed, I didn't really know what it is, and I don't like the idea of the media being the only source of political information, but seeing as how the same corportions give money to both sides there is deffinitly a problem. Who ever wins, it is ultimatly Coke-a-Cola, Microsoft, and Walt Disney that wins.

I'm not suprised my politics don't line up with Orsen Scott Card's. He is one of my favorite authors, but we come from very diffrent world views. He is very religious (Mormon) and, in America, strongly religious people tend to be conservative. I consider myself agnostic christian, and while I consider myself relgious I'm not religious in the standard sense, I'm not greatly devoted to any particular view, but I do spend a lot of time thinking about religion and were I stand of religious issues.

If you are intersted in some other political essays from one of my other favorite authors, try Robert Anton Wilson on for size. Go to his thoughts section. And be warned, RAW is a little weird. OK a lot weird.