Clinton and Kaine on Citizens United

Mrs. Clinton and her VP pick Kaine have certainly said they endorse a Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United...will they campaign to get this proposed amendment ratified by 2/3rds of the state legislatures as it needs to be? Will you? And in a timely fashion? Or is this the politics of inaction, not unlike the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment), which was first proposed in 1923, and which has not yet made it through the ratification process, though it is an excellent proposed constitutional amendment? And do you not think Mrs. Clinton is aware of this history and the odds of a constitutional amendment getting passed by 2/3rds of the state legislatures in this political climate? The ERA was introduced almost a century ago and still has not passed, though it comes up from time to time, gets some press, looks like it may pass, then somehow fails. 

It is not a decisive measure, nor a certainty of action to introduce a constitutional amendment, and I believe Mrs. Clinton is well aware of this...and introducing a constitutional amendment is not as decisive as overturning this terrible judicial decision on the judicial level, which could happen in her first term as opposed to one hundred years.

So, no, I don't see her actually giving support to this initiative to overturn Citizens United. I see her making dramatic statements designed to placate people who, unaware of the process to get a constitutional amendment passed, can go on expecting results for the next hundred years as far as she is concerned. People support Bernie because his record shows plain talking and strong opposition to the politics of doing nothing. He demonstrates respect for the people as evidenced by his plain talking and not hiding behind political procedure to cover inaction. He doesn’t condescendingly promise the world or play word and procedure games; he makes a case for change and stirs a vision of it in the minds of the many. This is a vision for Alaskans, this nation, and the world.