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Opinion: Stop the Campaign Finance Madness
By Elaine S. Povich - AOL News(April 2) -- Enough, already. It's time for public financing of campaigns. Now. Not next week, not next year, not when the Supreme Court is forced to take up yet another attempt to navigate between the First Amendment and public buying of politicians. The first insult to that navigation idea was the court's decision in January that corporations are people too. The high court said corporations have the same rights as people when it comes to political speech, so they can take out ads touting their political agendas. A Montgomery County, Md., company, Murray Hill Inc., made a mockery of that ...
Cash-Strapped Obama Turns Down Dem Senators
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySen. Barack Obama has turned down a request from the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee to help Democrats increase their majority in the Senate in the fall elections. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) asked Obama to share some of the money he has raised for the presidential campaign with Democratic Senate candidates in states with closely contested races. But Obama, who decided in the spring to forgo public financing of his presidential bid, becoming the first candidate to do so, cannot afford to let go of any of his campaign's resources. This is especially true now that he trails ...
Did Obama Screw Up on Public Financing?
By Dave - Politics DailyThat's the conclusion of Patrick Ruffini, a conservative media blogger and veteran of many GOP fundraising campaigns. I haven't seen any official numbers out, but the rumor is that Obama's June haul is about $30 million, which is significantly below expectations. Patrick points out when and where Obama's big numbers came from: Obama's fundraising surge came during and around primary elections with the outcome in doubt. Once it seemed he had it wrapped up, his online fundraising fell off dramatically. As we've seen, online fundraising can be hugely tempermental and event-driven. Hillary, who ...
'Words' - New McCain Video
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyJohn McCain's campaign has released a new web video mash-up. It's simply Barack Obama, in his own words, all in context. The one minute video is titled "Words." It takes on Obama's most recent public lie. ...
You're Allowed to Laugh at Him
By Caleb Howe - Politics Daily"The Daily Show" took a few shots at the Obama campaign during last night's episode. Jon joked about Obama's seal blunder and his reversal on public financing. "Barack Obama has changed the motto of the Presidential seal from E Pluribus Unum, from many to one, to Vero Possumus, which rougly means yes we can. How do you say 'but you shouldn't' in Latin?" Big public ... that's funny. Stewart had to point out it's OK to laugh at Senator Obama. You can read that sentence again if you like. Is de-sanctification a word? Updated: more video after the jump. HUMMER COPTER! ...
McCain In the Money Too
By Dave - Politics DailyAccording to the Politico, it looks like McCain cannot thank Hillary enough for her help in leveling the playing field on the money front. For the first time in the campaign, Republican John McCain in May raised about the same amount of money, $22 million, as Democrat Barack Obama. McCain also closed the gap in the amount of cash in the bank the two parties' presumptive presidential nominees have at their respective disposals as they enter the first phase of the general election. McCain reported having about $32 million in cash for primary related expenses at the end of May. Obama reported ...
McCain Opts for Public Financing
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySen. John McCain's campaign is reportedly set to accept public financing for the general election campaign in the fall according to documents released by the campaign on Sunday. Members of McCain's finance team tell the Politico that the campaign will share expenditures with the Republican National Committee in a bid to stretch its campaign dollars and keep up with its Democratic rivals. McCain has thus far raised a total of about $72 million dollars for the primary, and reports having $11.5 million on hand. By contrast, Democrats Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama have raised totals ...
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