People always tell you that there are two topics you should never bring up at a dinner party: one is religion and the other is politics. Why? It is because both subjects evoke very strong emotions. Rather than say something inappropriate, most people avoid talking about religion altogether. But getting those same people in a room and asking for their political opinions, that's a different story. For many reasons, people openly express their political beliefs (Bentz, 2013). Unfortunately, individuals will judge people first and foremost based on their political beliefs, without paying attention to other important aspects of their lives. And this is why politics is not mentioned at dinner parties. The topic of campaign finance reform seems so boring, but you need to understand that the reform helps keep the society flowing smoothly. So what is the current state of campaign finance reform? In 2002, Congress passed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. It was also known as the McCain-Feingold Act (Sidlow, 2013, p.213). It banned soft money at the federal level and regulated interest group advertising campaigns because the enormous amount of money spent by interest groups on their advertising had the appearance of corruption (South University Online, 2013). There is so much money floating around right now that I fear the common man may soon have little say in what happens in this country. Now super PACs and 501cs are spreading their influence, too. Can reform be a realistic expectation of the American political process? Yes, reform is a realistic expectation in the American political process. Our ancestors intentionally left quirks in the Constitution. They understood that, to last over time, some rules would need... half of a sheet of paper......ed December 31, 2013, from http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307 / 1147700?uid=3739680&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21103202132897.Politician. (2011, June). Political reform. In the news batch. Retrieved December 31, 2013, from http://www.newsbatch.com/politicalreform.htm.Sidlow, E. (2013). GOVT (5th ed.). Cengage Learning. Retrieved from http://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/books/9781285956572/id/L1-3-6South University Online. (2013). POL2076: American Government: Week 4: People and Politics: Interest Groups. Retrieved from http://myeclassonline.comThe sentence. (2013). The phrase finder. On the website www.phras.org.uk. Retrieved December 31, 2013, from http://phrases.org.uk/meanings/absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely.html.ThisNation. (2013, December 27). What is "soft money"? . On ThisNation.com. Retrieved December 27, 2013, from http://www.thisnation.com/question/004.html.