Campaign Spending Limits

Should we rethink the way we campaign for office in America?  Specifically, should we pass a law to restrict the amount of money that can be raised and spent on campaigns?  I am curious to see what people think about this issue.  It seems to me that almost any candidate can win today at almost any level as long as they have enough money to inundate the public with advertising to secure the necessary name recognition.  I am sure there are exceptions to this, but generally I think the amount of money a candidate raises has become the most important factor to winning elections.  The establishment knows this and it is why they spend an inordinate amount of time fundraising for campaigns and why they work so hard to secure the favor of various lobbies and other organizations that have the ability to throw in large sums of money.  So what does this say?  Does this mean the guy who donates the maximum, say $10,000, has a more influential voice, than the guy who can only afford $100?  I think it does… why have the number of registered lobbyists grown exponentially over the past 20 years and why has pork barrel spending become such a hot issue?  Does the amount of money they donate and the time they spend in personal meetings with our elected officials have absolutely no affect on the decisions our politicians make?  It seems every Congress person (insert any politician’s title here, mayor, city councilman, etc.) has someone to payback for “help” getting them elected.  ”Help” meaning $10,000 donations during each election cycle.  Did our Founders intend to setup a system where only the wealthy had a voice in elections?  I do not think so. What do you think?