Florida is debating repealing it's partial public financing program and long-time opponents of the program are using budget shortfalls to justify getting rid of it. The system has its problems -- as a matching program, it doesn't do as much as it could to combat big money influence -- but repealing the program is only going to increase that influence.

New York is mulling improvements to its campaign finance laws, like changing the 4-1 match for small contributions to a 6-1 match (match applies to the first $175 of a contribution) and putting much stricter caps on donations by people who do business with the city.