For me the situation in our political arena is crystal clear. Unless we as a citizenship demand campaign reform for all levels of elected officials nothing will change.

Democrats and Republicans are the same because they are all bought and sold by those that put them in office. The major concern of most elected officials is to stay in office, this takes campaigning and campaigning cost lots and lots of money. We all know how they get all this cash and what they give in return. It's about who has the deepest pockets, if an individual does not have huge financial assets they will not be able to compete with millions and millions of dollars in advertising ads, few will hear their name, know their platform or know they exist.

The fact that contributions to political campaigns can be anonymous is inconceivable, the fact that they can be from foreign interest makes it frighting. I do not understand why it was an out of state organization that put the offensive pamphlet on my door in support of Amendment 63. I was appalled that someone but a picture of an aborted fetus on my door step. I guess the fact it had a christian cross on the photo makes it okay.

Unless we remove the ability of special interests to purchase our elected officials nothing will change. We will hear what we want from them while campaigning and then they will really only represent the interests of the money that got them elected.