“No political truth is of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty: The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”—James Madison, Federalist 4...
Why do you think she never intended to pass it?
I think campaign finance reform laws are unpopular among most politicians, including most Democratic politicians. Despite their rhetoric, they all got their positions by selling out to corporations and the rich. They can’t just turn their backs on the people who they owe favors.
It’s basically a case of how they got their positions in the current system, and so it’s difficult to convince them to change the system. It’s short-sighted, but I think most politicians are very short sighted.