Citizens United has unleashed a torrent of money into our political system, most of it on the Republican side. The most effective weapon these Republican financiers have is to confuse the voter. If they can muddle it up they win.
While I do not believe that candidates should be signing pledges, without a pledge I do not know how they fight the confusion campaign with the limited resources that they will have. So I have laid forth a ten point Pledge to the Middle Class that I wish all Democrats would sign.
Read it and offer suggestions. While there are other things I would like, what I've included are very popular and would be helpful during in the 2012 election. It would be nice in the new era of spending and confusion to point to something and say this is what we will do if you elect a Democratic house, senate and president.
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