Ugh. A little bit of me just died realizing that politicians are going to get even more aggressive about their marketing after the success of Obama's campaign tactics. They'll use it as a template moving forward.

Since they're the ones writing the anti-spam and anti-robo-call laws, we'll have absolutely no protection from their pursuit of marketing their messages to us.

The really sad thing is that back around 2007, Obama promised an open campaign that would use public funding - signaling that he was a different kind of candidate who didn't want the corruption of money to taint his campaign. Rather than leading the way on the high ground, the whole process is being dragged rather deeply through the mud.