David Cobb is the national spokesman for Move to Amend, a grass roots organization fighting for a Constitutional amendment that would exclude corporations from enjoying the rights of flesh and blood human beings, and changing the current Supreme Court-dictated interpretation of the Constitution that political spending is free speech protected by the First Amendment.
Earlier this week I wrote about Rick Nolan and Mark Pocan, two Democratic members of the House of Representatives who introduced legislation to push for Move to Amend's constitutional amendment.
In this follow up, I talk to Cobb, who's perhaps best known as the Green Party's 2004 presidential candidate. He emphasizes that Move to Amend's success over the past three years (including the legislation introduced in Congress this week, about which Cobb said he was thrilled and a bit surprised) is thanks in large part to the organization's willingness to blame Democrats and Republicans for the out of control campaign spending.
When asked about big election spenders like Sheldon Adelson and the Koch Brothers, Cobb said, "It doesn't matter if you were an Obama supporter or a Romney supporter or a Jill Stein (Green Party) supporter or a Gary Johnson (Liberatarian) supporter. Everybody felt that money completely overwhelmed the process."
This article appears in Feb 14-20, 2013.