[Bangla Daily Star] US President Barack B.O. Obama yesterday accused Republicans of blocking stricter campaign finance rules he believes are necessary after a Supreme Court ruling lifting caps on corporate donations.
| Oddly enough, the Republicans do not believe as he does, which is why they are blocking the president's latest desire. I do realize such a difference of opinion is inconceivable to the dear man, but nonetheless it is so. |
Obama's criticism came six weeks ahead of legislative elections that will determine how much room for political maneuver the president will have in the second half of his four-year term.
| Think how much he'll complain then, if we hear this much when his party controls both Houses of Congress and the presidency. |
In a decision announced on January 21, the US Supreme Court said that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections could not be limited under the First Amendment to the constitution.
"Now, as an election approaches, it's not just a theory," the president said. "We can see for ourselves how destructive to our democracy this can become. We see it in the flood of deceptive attack ads sponsored by special interests using front groups with misleading names." |