News-Leader: Governor should veto repeal of campaign contribution limits

An editorial in today's Springfield News-Leader urges Gov. Matt Blunt to veto a bill which would remove all campaign contribution limits:

If the governor signs the bill, the money will soon start flowing, both from the big donors who don't mind publicity and the ones who want to employ the confidentiality that political action committees offer.

The legislature has made that possible by removing limits on contributions but then doing nothing to change the process of contributing by committee.

So now, for example, a proponent of school vouchers who has taken his stand publicly can give as much as he wants to any candidate and put his name proudly on that contribution. Meanwhile, a lobbyist group supporting, say, the adult entertainment industry can continue to give money to political action committees with no trace of where the money originated.