Corporations are associations. Dems (& Reps & 3rd Parties) need to start running their own primaries (or other means of selecting candidates) perhaps using Ranked Ballot ("RB", voters ranking candidates in order of preference), Organized Communications ("OC"), randomly scheduled primaries & (in the case of left parties) progressive party dues, or (in the case of right wing parties) bidding for seats, flat dues or buying stock in the party . The form chosen will affect the choices made. This will save vast sums, as TV & radio ads will no longer be needed, especially once the candidates & websites have been named. It would be impossible for big media to ignore their googleness even without the URLs up on all the podiums. A random primary system might have one randomly chosen state’s primary eleven months before the election, two the next month & so on, until the remainder were held in the October before the election. OC is randomly assigned discussion groups electing reps (by means of Ranked Ballot) to higher & higher randomly assigned levels, ‘til one small group, most exactly in the middle remains, which by its merest invitation to speak inevitably indicates the next candidate (or winner). The “additive” form of Ranked Ballot is counting the first choices, & then, if noone has 50%, adding in the next choices, & so on, until someone finally does. One would have hoped there’d have been an RB Caucus in the Democrat-ish party, at least, by now, but that'll be a long time coming. Or alternately, we could just deny ALL groups political particpation, & limit it to individuals, but I think it'll prove to be fool's goal. Money is fungible. They'll just use associations to do everything else they can. The parties should apply such rules (equal representation, equal influence, competition on the merits of ideas, candidate & legislator freedom from time consuming fundraising, fiduciary transparency, letting only individuals & not lobbyists make contributions) to themselves,& if they are so truly superior, they'll not only pick the most perfect candidate, but also assure their victory.

Citizens united decision by the supreme court flies into the doctrine of the seperation of power granted to the people by the constitution. It is the spirt of the law if not the letter that must be part of this major decision of this court that will impact us for years to come and can perpatuaate bad governments othervise legally elected.

Does it occur to anyone who really benefits from Citizens United???....TV! Yup, those little rascals in L.A. are hauling in the whole advertising budget of Billions from both sides. And what is taken for granted in this??....the Public will be persuaded by television advertising. Talk about getting your politics out of a cracker-jack box, how about getting your President out of a TV? As the victim of two corporations, Sparknet Communications and CBS (these collaborate in broadcasting "Jack" FM radio), I am most sensitive to corporations "having" human rights to "broadcast what they want" regardless of how worthless, idiotic, and inhumane it is.

America has had to do away with things like citizens united in the past. It took a presidents help to get rid of the likes of Tammany Hall. Citizens united and the justices that finagled it into being are no better than Boss Tweed of Tammany Hall. There has got to be a way to overturn citizens united if we have to impeach the justices guilty of weaseling it into existence.

Corporation already run the show in our country. Why let them run who wins our elections as well? The American people deserve better and the Supreme Court is bought and sold by the powers that be now,meaning big money, low tax-paying giant corporations.