It’s Time to Implement ‘Fair Elections’

• By Alan Patricof and Arnold Hiatt
• Special to Roll Call
• July 22, 2009, Midnight

Between the two of us, we have more than a half-century of experience donating and raising political money. So we’ve seen firsthand how the cost of campaigning has skyrocketed. The 2008 elections broke candidate spending records, as likely will the 2010 and 2012 political cycles, unless Congress makes significant changes.