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elections.foxnews.com - 10/20/2008
Obama's Fundraising Success Puts Public Financing to Final Rest
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With Barack Obama on track to surpass the money spent by John Kerry and George Bush combined in 2004, most observers think the era of public financing is dead and gone for good.
Obama's fundraising success could well mean the death of public financing
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 10/20/2008
Obama's fundraising success could well mean the death of public financing
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Barack Obama toyed with the idea of entering the public finance system. He even signed a public pledge that he would work to create public funding should he ever become president. But with his announcement early Sunday morning that he'd raised ... (more) Obama's fundraising success could well mean the death of ...

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washingtonmonthly.com - 10/19/2008
McCain On Obama's Fundraising
— washingtonmonthly.com — McCain On Obama's Fundraising Here's John McCain's response to Barack Obama's fundraising totals for September (h/t): "I'm saying that history shows us where unlimited amounts of money are in political campaigns, it leads to scandal. I'm not comparing ... (more) McCain On Obama's Fundraising

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Obama’s Fundraising Might Signal End to Public Financing
Boots and Sabers — ... Well, perhaps there could be some good to come out of this . WASHINGTON—It wasn’t Barack Obama’s most critically acclaimed moment. When the Democratic presidential candidate reneged on his pledge to take public financing for the general election, campaign watchdog groups and newspaper editorialists pounced. They all hoped he would help salvage a broken campaign finance system. Instead, he created a whole new one, and he destined the current system of public financing to the trash heap. On Sunday, Obama’s campaign announced he had raised more than $150 million in ...

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