Will Anyone Notice?

A new article on the Washington Post's blog following the presidential race just recently reported that John McCain exceeded the amount that candidates participating in the public campaign finance program can spend on their primary run.

So what does this mean? Well kids, the rundown goes like this: If a candidate is running low on funds and needs to get loans to continue their bid for the presidency, they'll often sign up for the Public Finance program, operated by the Federal Election Commission, which will then grant you free money to use for your campaign (I say free, but it's really -your- money).Part of the program then requires that you cannot spend more than $54 million on your bid for the primary.

Where does McCain fit into all of this? Last year when McCain was a virtual nobody in the early days of the republican primary race and his campaign was starved for funds, he signed up for the program. Once Super Tuesday rolled around and McCain started picking up some wins and people started actually donating to his campaign and he didn't quite need as much help from the public campaign finance program, he filed to be taken off the program so he could spend more. Unfortunately, since the FEC has four vacant spots right now they can't quite vote to grant his request, so technically he's still in the program, only now he's gone over his limit by about another $4.4 million.

Is anything going to happen to McCain? Will he be removed from the race for breaking the rules of the FEC and continuing to spend money on his campaign? Probably not, unless people like you do something about it. The democratic side of the house has started moving to file complaints over the matter, but who knows how far that will go. But what if millions of Americans began writing to the FEC demanding that the rules be enforced? What if the American people finally stood up and said "Hey! We're tired of this crap! He broke the rules, he's gotta pay!". I don't know about you folks, but I'm getting kind of tired of politicians breaking the rules and never being held accountable for it. The Revolution is coming, and it will not be televised.