Senator Obama and the Decision to Opt Out of Public Financing
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 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.
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics
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...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
The media has been abuzz over speculation that John McCain will accept public financing in the general election. The attention has overshadowed a new...
Politico | Jeanne Cummings | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
John McCain is abandoning any hope of catching the Democrats in fundraising. Based on new financial disclosure reports released Sunday, and interview...
AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Democratic Party officials want a federal judge to order an investigation into whether Sen. John McCain violated election laws by w...
Boston Globe | Scott Helman and Sarah Isenberg | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics
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...
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
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...
New York Times | Leslie Wayne | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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...
Rick Hasen | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics