David Keating for the Daily Caller:

That’s why the quick rush to cover Lessig is important to note. You see, passing even more complicated campaign finance laws isn’t actually about saving America from corruption. Lessig, the media, and the rest of the left seem to believe that the reason Republicans support gun rights is because of campaign donations from the NRA, and that the Republicans oppose restrictions on fracking because of donations from energy companies. In fact, he explicitly says so on his newly launched campaign website, saying that “every issue — from climate change to gun safety, from Wall Street reform to defense spending — is tied to this ‘one issue.’”

Meanwhile the truth is much less complicated than that. Republicans tend to believe in limited government and individual liberty, so they vote that way. Democrats tend to believe the opposite. And while this may be a bit inconvenient for Lessig (it sure wasn’t covered in his Ted Talk) – voters tend to vote for people who share their beliefs. It’s why Utah sends conservative Republicans to Congress and Massachusetts sends people like Elizabeth Warren to the Senate. Does anyone in their right mind believe that limiting contributions to candidates would change that?