The Wealthy Have a Bigger Role in Politics. They Don’t Need to.

• By Norman Ornstein
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• June 16, 2004, Midnight

The American Political Science Association rarely takes positions on the institutional issues of governance and politics that are studied by its academic membership. In fact, the last time the APSA injected itself into a broader governance controversy was over 50 years ago, when it issued a report titled “Towards a More Responsible Two-Party System.”