But the Supreme Court dashed that idea, summarily reversing the state court's decision without even bothering to hold any hearings about it. (The alternative, it has to be said, would have seemed deeply inconsistent.) The judgment was only a paragraph long, suggesting that Democratic hopes that the court will suddenly develop second thoughts on campaign finance are not grounded in the evidence.

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If you write a big check to any of the vendors mentioned in the previous paragraph, you will probably get some help, but only if you surround that investment with a long term plan for changing culture and building capacity.

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