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.
Matthew Dowd | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
During a private fundraiser last month, Sen. Barack Obama said he was "considering" voluntarily restricting the amount of money he could raise in a ge...
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 04.19.2008 | Politics
INDIANAPOLIS — The nation's system of public financing for presidential elections is "creaky" and needs to be updated, Sen. Barack Obama said Fr...
ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Despite his previous pledge to enter into the public financing system should he be the Democratic presidential nominee,* Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ha...
Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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'...
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
DAYTON, Ohio — If Sen. Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee, he faces a financial dilemma: Use his vaunted fundraising operation for the ...
Tim Dickinson | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics