John Mccain Public Financing

Senator Obama and the Decision to Opt Out of Public Financing

Rick Hasen | Posted 05.25.2011

Rick Hasen

Obama campaigners fear being overpowered in a money assault waged by way of the Republican Party's deep coffers in battleground states and well-financed shadow-party attack groups.

Obama Lawyer: Bush Manipulating FEC For McCain

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama counsel Bob Bauer, on his always-punchy personal blog, considers the newest appointments to the FEC and writes that the regulatory body is being...

McCain Financing Structure With RNC Skirts Intention Of Public Finance

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The media has been abuzz over speculation that John McCain will accept public financing in the general election. The attention has overshadowed a new...

John McCain To Accept Public Financing

Politico | Jeanne Cummings | Posted 05.25.2011

John McCain is abandoning any hope of catching the Democrats in fundraising. Based on new financial disclosure reports released Sunday, and interview...

DNC Files Lawsuit Against McCain Over Public Financing

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Democratic Party officials want a federal judge to order an investigation into whether Sen. John McCain violated election laws by w...

John McCain Returns $3 Million To Donors, Signals Public Financing

Boston Globe | Scott Helman and Sarah Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

In another sign that John McCain is moving toward accepting public financing this fall, the Republican's campaign is returning about $3 million in che...

DNC Goes After McCain On Public Financing

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.25.2011

Daniel Nichanian

John McCain opened fire on Barack Obama last week, accusing the Democrat of wavering on whether he would accept public financing for the general elect...

McCain Told He May Have To Take Public Financing

New York Times | Leslie Wayne | Posted 05.25.2011

A bank loan that Senator John McCain took out late in 2007 to keep his presidential campaign afloat is complicating his desire to withdraw from public...