Ornstein: “I am not eager to see the 501(c)4 loophole used in the next 100 days to allow secret fat cats, corporations and unions to flood the zone with vicious ads. But that would be a small price to pay to get some robust disclosure regimen on the books for the future. If DISCLOSE isn’t passed this year, whether it takes effect immediately or not, it will not pass in 2011, given certain Republican gains in the House and Senate. Thank you again, Karl, for showing us what the post-Citizens United landscape will look like in that case.”