The Campaign Finance Reformers Blog

I have changed the name of this blog to "The Campaign Finance Reformers Blog." (Previously, the blog title was "The MAYDAY Supporters Blog.")

There are numerous organizations besides MAYDAY.US, such as MoveToAmend, Represent.Us, WolfPac, Stamp Stampede and NHRebellion, that have a common objective of defeating the money monster in politics and regaining the Republic for all the citizens.

These organizations have different focuses of action.

MAYDAY is at work on a plan to elect a reform minded Congress in 2016. Other groups are also pushing for Congressional passage of reform legislation.

Move To Amend is trying to get a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision, by working from the bottom up and getting city councils and state legislatures to pass resolutions urging such a constitutional amendment.

Represent.Us is seeking to get anti-corruption measures passed at local governmental levels.

Wolf PAC is trying to get states to call a convention of states under Article V and pass a Free and Fair Elections Amendment to the Constitution. Wolf PAC is seeking a convention of states because it believes Congress cannot be looked to to do the job. At the same time, Wolf PAC has taken note of historical precedent of Congress acting to pass a constitutional amendment when under pressure from a realistic threat of a convention of states being called. On its website, it says, "The threat of a convention is the strongest message we can send and the most effective way to restore our democracy in the United States."

Surveying the activities of these organizations, I think the consensus would be that defeating the money monster in politics needs the maximum pressure, on as many fronts, and as from as many quarters, as possible, including especially from average voters.

The hardest part of all of this, it seems to me, is getting average voters to care, and to show the politicians that the voters care.

I think the best way to achieve that is for average voters to see that other average voters care and are making efforts to do something about it.

Whether anything will accomplish the desired objective cannot be known in advance. I am sure the organizations are trying their best. They know how hard it is to get average voters to show they care and to do things showing they care. Petitions are one way, but probably more than just petitions is needed. Petitions are easy to sign, there are many petitions about many different things, and campaign finance reformers should look for more emphatic manifestations of average voters caring about defeating the money monster in politics.

I have been personally working on trying to get tweeting campaigns going. See Tweet to defeat the money monster.

I hope one or more of the above organizations will promote tweeting campaigns. I have been urging the organizations to do so, and I am tweeting to their followers and members directly to solicit interest and participation.

I believe that changing my blog title will allow me to make better communication to the organizations and their members and followers, concerning what I am doing.