mr. glickman made a comment how he dislikes having big contributions. mr. bennett was in support of large contributions. what problems have you faced and what would you try to do to fix this problem? >> first of all, i think we have compounded the problem dramatically by allowing large contributions. it has not done anything but accelerate the arms race with regard to money in politics, and that is unfortunate. a typical member of the senate today has to spend 2/3 of his final two years in the senate raising money if it is a competitive race. you should not have to do that. i personally would favor a constitutional amendment that would allow us to put severe limits on the amount of money that is raised and spent. i would not allow any fundraising while congress is in session. i would put individual limits much more constrained than they are today in an effort to bring down the cost of campaigns. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> cody cooper. you are talking about the media having more of a participatory stance rather than a referee approach. i was wondering ho

mr. glickman made a comment how he dislikes having big contributions. mr. bennett was in support of large contributions. what problems have you faced and what would you try to do to fix this problem? >> first of all, i think we have compounded the problem dramatically by allowing large contributions. it has not done anything but accelerate the arms race with regard to money in politics, and that is unfortunate. a typical member of the senate today has to spend 2/3 of his final two years in the senate raising money if it is a competitive race. you should not have to do that. i personally would favor a constitutional amendment that would allow us to put severe limits on the amount of money that is raised and spent. i would not allow any fundraising while congress is in session. i would put individual limits much more constrained than they are today in an effort to bring down the cost of campaigns. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> cody cooper. you are talking about the media having more of a participatory stance rather than a referee approach. i was wondering ho