This is sort of an aside, but Bush became almost legendary in his first 4 years by being able to hold dinners at $1000 a plate and packing the house. This had always been done by both parties, but the RNC became kings of it for some time. I assume Obama must do the same, but does he? Or is it almost all through the internet for him? Anyone know?

The idea is that a donor can give money to a candidate who they support, but the candidate would not know who gave them the money. I imagine that a donor could simply write a note saying “Hey Bob I just donated $10,000 to you”. Perhaps the escrow agent could release the funds in such a way that the link to the donor is harder to make.

This is not my favorite remedy but I find it valuable to consider all the angles. My favorite so far is Public Financing in proportion to the number of small donors a candidate can attract, along with funds to match third party campaigns. With the Source of the funds mostly from the Media industry who are ultimately the main recipients of the campaign expenditures.