Getting a Grip

flappe September 18th, 2007

(Frances) Yesterday I got to play Leslie Stahl as I interviewed one of my heroes, John Rauh. He heads the bipartisan Just6Dollars campaign that is springing the lock on America’s best kept secret: There is a solution to the crisis of money in politics and it’s already working state-wide in Arizona and Maine (and soon in Connecticut).

It’s call public financing or Clean Elections. It’s simple, doesn’t violate any Supreme Court rulings, and it means that regular citizens can run and win…and they are. And officials no long feel beholden to big contributors. Hey, what a concept!

Part 1 of our film Getting a Grip on Money in Politics will be released October 2. If you are despairing about the state of our democracy, watch this film!

John is executive director of Just6Dollars, working to take public financing to federal elections. He’ll convince you, I hope, just how possible it is if we can build grassroots pressure. BTW: Just $6 is the total cost per capita to cover all federal elections and rid private money from its corrupting influence. What a bargain.

I welcome you to look for our film we’ll post here and help build the momentum to make demcoracy real.

Onward! Frankie

• Frances