That's going to mean that there's going to have to be some consensus across party lines and among independents.

Bush raised money up to that level, then stopped and allowed the party to take over the funding of the campaign and the advertising. After that point, public financing in Florida has not really been doing what it was meant to do in the beginning.

People are still going to meet in restaurants. They may just have to pay their own way.

When voters go into the voting booth and they read what's being proposed, it's going to be like common sense to them. It's a basic conflict of interest for legislators to draw their own districts.

The losers are the people of Florida. We were trying to get a chance to take some of the power away from the politicians and put it in the hands of the people.

It's kind of typical campaign finance in Florida. You find these wealthy special interests who are giving to committees and candidates, people with power to help them. . . . They're doing it as an investment, hoping for a return on their investment.