Minnesota: Campaign finance reform? Not likely

Minnesota Campaign Finance Reports / Interest groups outspent '06 campaignsGovernor's race drew $7 million in unsolicited aid, BY BRIAN BAKST, Associated Press (Pioneer Press) --From buying buttons to lawn signs to big-time TV commercials, outside interest groups proved to be a greater financial force in Minnesota state politics than ever before. ...Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Peter Hutchinson, who had no major independent expenditures for or against him, said he doubts there will be substantial changes to the campaign finance system anytime soon. Even if there is, he questions whether it will make much of a difference. "Money is like water: It'll find a way," he said....