The sooner Congress takes up reforming the presidential funding system, the better.

McCain-Feingold, which is turning five years old, has strengthened parties, increased the numbers of small donors, and empowered challengers--all to the benefit of U.S. politics.

The campaign finance bill reported out of the House Administration Committee, with the laughable title, "527 Fairness Act," is a sham.

The dialogue over campaign finance reform has moved to 527s: President Bush and others have called for the abolition of the "shadowy" groups and their ads.

Democrats" giving patterns and fundraising prowess have been aided by the structure in place, the tools to implement a strategy, and a vision to build a party from the bottom up.

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Actrepresents incremental change, designed to fit within the long-existing framework of the Supreme Court's rulings on campaign reform.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is writing divisive opinions that will keep the Court an ideological battleground.

Even a seventh-grade civics student would know how to fix Congress's latest blunder.