Obama Public Financing

Mitt Romney Turns Against The Hand That Funds Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When a political action committee supportive of Mitt Romney announced in early July that it had raised $12 million during the first half...

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Mitt Romney Campaign Being Boosted By Type Of Fundraising He Wanted Outlawed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Struggling to hang on in the polls, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has been saved, in part, by a friendly...

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White House Opposes GOP Attack On Public Financing, But Obama Makes Flawed Advocate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Tuesday released a policy statement formally opposing a House Republican bill to end the public-financing sy...

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Senator McCain's $1,300 Lapel Pin

Gerald McEntee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps the next time he starts whining about Obama and public financing, some brave reporter will ask John McCain the $1,300 question: "When, Senator, will you stop breaking the law?"

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Obama Goes On Pricey Fundraiser Spree

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of Senator Barack Obama's decision last month to bypass public financing for the general election, his campaign is embarking on a spree of...

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Presidential Campaigning on the Down-Low?

Brian Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even if one disagrees with his call on public financing, Obama did a principled thing: he made a tough choice, and then he defended it publicly. That's democracy in action.

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Broder Leads Off Column On Gerrymandering WIth Pointless, Distorted Shot At Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Broder is up in arms about gerrymandering, and has written all about it in the op-ed pages of the Washington Post today. As far as his take on ...

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McCain's Public Financing Flip-Flops

Daniel Burrell | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a candidate, he has been all over the map on the issue of public financing during the primaries. McCain's recent attack on Barack Obama is political hypocrisy at its worst.

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Obama's Cash Conundrum

Tim Dickinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Had Obama accepted public financing, the same people who are now squawking about "tactics over truth" would have instead been pillorying the candidate for blithely throwing his biggest gun in the river.

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Obama's Non-Promise Not Broken

John K. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was McCain who never tried to meet Obama on campaign finance. As the story has unfolded, the press consistently fails to mention that McCain, not Obama, violated the campaign finance laws.

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McCain Surrogate Hits Obama On Public Financing, Sidesteps On McCain Loan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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On CNN's American Morning today, McCain surrogate Nancy Pfotenhauer continued last week's attacks on Senator Barack Obama's decision to opt out of pub...

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Obama Brand: Truth or Consequences

Matthew Dowd | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's brand involves a new kind of politics, something that doesn't involve political expediency -- which is why it was a blunder to flip flop on public campaign finance for the general election.

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Obama's Edge in Jeopardy: RNC Has $50 Million Cash Advantage

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here are some new fundraising numbers that complicate the notion that Obama will have an enormous fundraising advantage over McCain this fall: The Rep...

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Obama's Opt-Out of Public Financing Will Increase the Odds of True Public Financing for All Federal Races

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our goal shouldn't be to keep money out of politics -- but rather to keep big money out of politics.

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Author Of McCain-Feingold: Obama Smart To Opt Out Of Public Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the principal authors of the most significant campaign finance legislation since Watergate said he was neither "outraged" nor "surprised" with ...

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Obama Opts Out Of Public Financing, Reformers Back Decision

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, Sen. Barack Obama announced that he was opting out of the public financing system, in the process forgoing "more than $80 million in publ...

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Obama Opting Out of Public Financing

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.25.2011

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With this bold move, Obama is going straight past McCain to the source of real GOP election funding, the RNC, which will be spending massively to defeat the Democratic nominee in the fall.

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Obama: Public Finance System 'Creaky'

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — The nation's system of public financing for presidential elections is "creaky" and needs to be updated, Sen. Barack Obama said Fr...

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Barack Obama On Public Financing: We've Created A Parallel System

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite his previous pledge to enter into the public financing system should he be the Democratic presidential nominee,* Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ha...

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Clinton Hits Obama Over General Election Funds

Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clinton campaign officials said Sunday that heading into the climactic primaries on March 4, they will try to make a major issue of Sen. Barack Obama'...

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McCain Will Accept Public Financing If Opponent Does

Financial Times | Edwards Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain's campaign said he would accept public financing in the general election were his Democratic opponent to do so, raising the prospect that ...

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Obama Won't Pledge to Take Public Funds

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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DAYTON, Ohio — If Sen. Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee, he faces a financial dilemma: Use his vaunted fundraising operation for the ...

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