2006: Great year for Clean Money?

In an incredibly optimistic rewrite of recent political history, the Califorrnia Progress Report suggests that 2006 was a "year of unprecedented growth for the Clean Money public finacing of campaigns movement in California." That's like saying it was a banner year for the Angelides Family!

The fact is that legislation meant to curb campaign spending and create public financing was killed in Saccramento, then the question was taken to voters and it lost by a 75-25 vote. That's embarassing for a campaign that was running hard, had phone banks every day up to the election, and had great free media coverage.

Another post on the same site is entitled "Prop. 89: We’ve Opened a Door for Reform That Will Never Be Closed." Yeah, that door led directly to getting our butts kicked. Great.