I pledge that, if the FEC makes any attempt to crack down on on-line political expression, I will increase my political commentary in defiance of them. Massive civil disobediance is the best way to fight this new attempt to shut down public debate.

That'll scare 'em!

A tired analogy but . . . a snowflake is a small thing. Dump enough on the ground and the freeway shuts down.

Well said, Rand. I agree with you.

So does Harry Reid

It would be interesting to see how the courts would treat extra-territorial bloggers like myself.

Aren't there already limits on how much candidates are allowed to accept from overseas sources? If so, then a concerted campaign by overseas interests could knock-out any US contender, simply by linking to his site a lot, thereby putting him in violation of the law.

This legislation (worthy though it's intent may be) is Unenforceable, Idiotic, and with loads of unforeseen consequences.

I got a question for the FEC: if blogging on a candiate is subject to election "finance" regulation, does a foreign site that blogs on an American candidate violate campaing finance laws against foreign campaign contributions?

Me too! To the barricades!!