Public Funds

Will Thomas

Online Progressives File FEC Complaint Against McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics


The media may have lost interest in Sen. John McCain's fervent efforts to dodge campaign finance restrictions, but liberal bloggers are ratcheting up ...

The Small Donor Fallacy

Jay Mandle | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics


Jay Mandle

It's a sign of the times that private fundraising so dwarfs the public finance limits that public financing pledges have come back to haunt the candidates.

McCain Loan Raises FEC Questions

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The government's top campaign finance regulator says John McCain can't drop out of the primary election's public financing system u...

McCain Campaign Banked On Taxpayer-Funded Bailout

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


As The Washington Post reported on Saturday, John McCain's campaign struck a canny deal with a bank in December. If his campaign tanked, public funds ...

Financial Straightjacket: McCain May Be Locked Into Public Financing

Daily Kos | DHinMI | Posted 02.16.2008 | Politics


The day of the Florida primary I wrote about John McCain's financial dilemma: Some months back McCain's campaign applied for federal matching cam...


 

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