Clayton Cramer's BLOG: Campaign Activities

Clayton Cramer's BLOG: Campaign Activities

Good lessons learned during a run for the Idaho State Senate: "[I]t is pretty clear that special interest group money does influence legislation--but not in the corrupt 'buy off politicians' way that a lot of people assume. It is considerably more subtle than that." Is ideology a protection against undue influence? "The less rigidly you adhere to a set of standards or ideas about the proper role of government, the easier is to bend to the wishes of the moment. This is one of the reasons that politicians that are proud of their 'pragmatism' worry me a bit."