Will someone let Roemer debate?
The Daily Advertiser (excerpt)

(T)the Real Clear Politics average has Obama a point ahead of the generic Republican field. The Republicans actually do worse when you plug a name into the equation. Rick Perry's entry hadn't affected the average much by then, but as of Saturday, only Mitt Romney got as close to Obama as 2.4 points. The other major candidates trail by anywhere from 7 to 16 points. It's the nature of primary politics that most of the field must tee off on the frontrunner. Romney, or Perry for that matter, could spend the next year being attacked by members of his own party.

Would Roemer would have anything to add? Suppose the former governor's gimmick — he accepts no PAC money and no individual contributions bigger than $100 — isn't just a gimmick. What if it's the policy many of us are looking for? Obama raised three-quarters of a billion dollars to run in 2008. The Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court opened the campaign money floodgates.

Trial lawyer money, doctor money, banking money, insurance money, union money — it washes over Washington all day, every day, like waves eroding a beach. Do we really have to wonder why government never seems to work for regular people?