Will companies go wild on campaign spending?  When it comes to
spending big money on national elections, the rhetoric goes,
corporations are about to walk through the swinging saloon doors
of a new era in campaign finance with their checkbook holsters
packed and ready for a Wild West-like shootout.  Can you imagine
the cries of "Yee haw!" from the executive suites over at
Disney, Darden or Harris Corp. as they lock and load funds
straight from the corporate treasuries and prepare to fire with
expensive television advertisements for or against candidates?
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that opens the door for
more direct spending by corporations in federal elections likely
will be felt more like the sting of a BB than the merciless
piercing of big ammunition.  Let's take a look at why:  What
(didn't) happen in 2008. Back in 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court
decided a case known as Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin
Right to Life Inc. That case overturned some of the McCain-
Feingold campaign finance