California's largest public labor unions declared a crisis last week. The controversy surrounds an initiative called "paycheck protection" which is headed to Golden State voters this fall.

Strengthened disclosure, combined with elimination of union and corporate soft money and a ban on union and corporate electioneering, would provide concrete changes in the roles of unions and companies in campaigns.

The lesson to Republicans is that while voters do not care much about the ins and outs of campaign spending, they are adamant in opposing special deals for ethnic and racial groups.

Governor is an important qualification for the presidency; it means you have been running something.

Campaign finance reform is closer to passage and enactment than at any time in the past quarter century.

Campaign reform is back for an extended debate in the House.

Arnold Schwarzenegger caves to the Democrats as his state drowns in red.

Bush believes in the vague theory of compassionate conservatism, but what matters is he's beating Gore in all the polls.