Ezra Klein in Newsweek reports that Congresscritters are getting tired of the money in politics. The 2010 election cost over $4 billion and lawmakers have to spend time and effort to raise that kind of serious dough. It's time and effort not spent on the job they were elected to do and they recognize how corrupting it is. So they're ready to do something about it, right?
But they know how the game works and know how to turn it to their advantage (they used it to get elected, didn't they?) and they know the current system does not help challengers. And at least the Senate expects its members to raise money not only for themselves, but for the party as well -- it's now a dues paying organization. Though the current system is onerous, it is worth doing to stay in power. Only a giant scandal will change the system (well, yeah, the system is a scandal, but not a very visible one).
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