Both have way too many ties to big corporations and special interests to make me comfortable.

No argument there!

I would be very happy if some grass roots person who just wants to do the right thing and not take all the pac money would rise to a level by which they can actually do something good without having any IOU's to any special interest .. that is all I wish for

You & me both, but the way things are currently constituted, ain't gonna happen.

That's what campaign Finance Reform was supposed to be about - until the Bushite-Packed Supreme Court decided that Money = Speech, Slavery = Freedom & other Orwellian pronouncements.