On Monday, MSNBC global finance correspondent and weekday afternoon anchor, Dylan Ratigan, joined the Occupy Wall Street protesters in Manhattan as part of his push for campaign finance reform. Later that day, Public Campaign President & CEO Nick Nyhart appeared on Ratigan's show on MSNBC.

They say actions speak louder than words. But in the world of money in politics, this mantra seems to have fallen on deaf ears. While President Obama and many members of Congress have called for changes to our campaign finance system, thus far rhetoric seems to have prevailed over concrete results.

As The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel notes in her recent column, it's time that members of leadership demonstrate their commitment to Fair Elections:

The assault on workers taking place all over the country, most notably in Wisconsin, is still fresh on everyone's mind.

Public Campaign President and CEO Nick Nyhart joined with David Donnelly, national campaigns director for Public Campaign Action Fund, in writing the following the piece that will appear in the April 25th edition of The Nation magazine. The full article is available on their website (if you're a subscriber), or you can read it below.

Public Campaign Action Fund Executive Director Nick Nyhart appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight talking about our new report. Check it out:

Today in the Huffington Post, Public Campaign President & CEO, Nick Nyhart, discusses how last night's election result in Massachusetts was a referendum on politics in a Washington that places the interests of Wall Street titans and corporate executives ahead of the interests of ordinary Americans.

The Worcester Telegram and Gazette News quotes Public Campaign Action Fund Executive Director Nick Nyhart on the relationship between candidates and special interest donors.

As Katie described earlier in the week, Norman Hsu has been into some trouble lately. And while the authorities couldn't find him, campaign fundraisers had no problem.

Public Campaign President and CEO Nick Nyhart appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto yesterday afternoon to talk about the Norman Hsu controversy--and the alternative to this kind of "raise money first, ask questions later" political process. Check it out!

Our own executive director, Nick Nyhart, has an op-ed in Sunday's New London Day, a Connecticut newspaper, on the need to strengthen that state's public financing of elections law. Read it here (free registration required). Then read more about our Connecticut campaign and how you can get involved.