Blasting big money. (Networks).(Brief Article)

CAMPAIGN-FINANCE ACTIVISTS ARE taking their fight to the electoral trenches. As corporate scandals continue to erupt and citizens feel the ache of the economic downturn, reformers have a shot at sticking it to the big money apologists this fall.

The Reform Voter Project, a new undertaking by the Public Campaign Action Fund, has already spent $250,000 on ads charging that hefty Wall Street donations for incumbent Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.) have plenty to do with his push for Social Security privatization, just as his opposition to stronger food-safety laws is supported by the ...