No, I don't think that; I think that, if anything, ALEC marginally reduces the ultimate "potential" power of corporate lobbies, since, again, it's legislation that's submitted in multiple state houses and is at least theoretically traceable.

What I think really alarms people about ALEC is that it represents an uncomfortable level of organization on the part of corporate conservative lobbyists. ALEC is a way of getting a lot done fast. But if there wasn't ALEC and there wasn't model legislation, they'd simply organize in other ways. I think it is generally true that corporatist conservatives out-organize progressives, and I think that is a problem, but I don't think it's realistic or plausible to suggest that the solution is to "de-organize" them.