Money trumps all in elections - RIP Proposition 49

The California Supreme Court has spoken - As of now, they will not allow an advisory measure asking our legislature to ask Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment overturning the Citizen's United decision. You know, the one that said corporations are people and money is speech.  This measure was sponsored by former Secretary of State candidate and former head of Common Cause, Derek Cressman, a true reformer.

The reasoning of the Court is that the law is unclear if such advisory measures are allowed under State law. (Note: Election Code section 9603 specifically allows advisory measures in local elections.) They may revisit the issue in time for 2016 election, but for now, Proposition 49 is dead.

Only one justice dissented, the Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. She noted that a similar advisory measure was passed in 1892 that called for the direct election of U.S. Senators, something we all take for granted now. Cantil-Sakauye is, interestingly enough, a Republican appointed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

So, does this mean we will have even more Corporate Democrats in the Legislature as time goes on? Cynics would say the answer is obvious. Who else can afford to run without their own Daddy Warbucks to foot the bill?