This editorial appeared in Roll Call today. For those without a subscription and unable to link to it, these are some of the materials points:
But there will also be claims made that the passage of the bill will threaten the viability of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, namely that if the Internet is liberated, corporations and other monied malefactors will have new opportunities to evade the law and purchase undue influence.
This is nonsense….
[Under pressure to regulate the Internet], the law draws ever closer to pure speech, and those affected are the many millions of Americans who now tap out their political communications at home, on their keyboards, sometimes alone and sometimes in passionate association with others. This is a major change in campaign finance policy, and the very prospect of it explains why left and right have joined together to resist. On this issue, the Web log Daily Kos stands alongside RedState.org.
Bob Bauer