Conn. candidates line up for public financing

Barack Obama may have abandoned public financing for his presidential campaign, but in Connecticut legislative candidates are lining up to get campaign cash from the state government.

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Let me get straight to the point: here is some of what is seriously wrong with American democracy and how to fix it.

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Yesterday, "all five of the [Supreme] Court's conservatives joined together … to invalidate a sixty-three year-old ban on corporate money in federal elections," a move that Rep.

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As a candidate for the U.S. Senate here in Minnesota, I've become painfully aware of the role money plays in politics.

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Communities across America are suffering through a crisis that could leave a dramatically diminished version of democracy in its wake. It is not the economic meltdown, although the crisis is related to the broader day of reckoning that appears to have arrived.

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On Sunday, Obama's campaign announced he had raised more than $150 million in September alone, a previously unimaginable fundraising rate of $5 million a day.

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John McCain kept Barack Obama on the defensive Wednesday night, challenging his Democratic rival at every turn over his truthfulness, associations and record.

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John McCain kept Barack Obama on the defensive Wednesday night, challenging his Democratic rival at every turn over his truthfulness, associations and record.

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This is great! The Federal Court decision in the Arizona public financing of elections case has led NJ's Assembly Speaker to say they will pull the plug on NJ's public financing of state legislative elections.

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised more than $51 million in July and the Democratic National Committee reported $27.7 million in donations last month, putting Obama in a strong position for the fall campaign.

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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain raised $27 million in July for his presidential campaign efforts.

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Obama's Split Personality

Immediate withdrawal from Iraq! Refined withdrawal from Iraq. Unconditional talks. Talks with "preparations." I support public financing. I'll opt out of public financing. Filibuster the FISA bill. Vote for the FISA bill. Renegotiate NAFTA! Don't renegotiate NAFTA.

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But Obama's success does show that ordinary Americans want a system that places them at the very center of campaign finance. For more than a decade, we have been working with many other scholars and activists to develop just such a paradigm.

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Great article discussing the recent defection of many Obama supporters, thanks to his recent flip-flops on FISA and the Iraq War.

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A great video collection of Obama's most famous LIES and DISTORTIONS.

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The Democratic National Committee filed suit today in U.S. District Court in Washington challenging Senator John McCain's decision to opt out of the federal public financing system in his primary race.

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If the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee had agreed to tie both hands behind his back going into the general election, the word "naive" might be thrown around once or twice, possibly more than "hypocrite" is now.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Days after both men reversed course on major issues, the presidential campaigns of Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain spent much of Sunday's talk-show circuit working to ensure accusations of "flip-flopping" don't stick.

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Obama opted out of Public Financing, McCain Broke the LAW

All this talk about Obama opting out of public financing after saying he would try to work with McCain to come up with an agreement that would make public financing fair has lost sight of the most important change of position with regard to public campaign financing: McCain did i …

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For most voters, Barack Obama's shift away from public financing is not as big a deal as the mounting death toll in Iraq, surging gas prices---or even what they're going to make for dinner tonight.

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Campaigns generate headlines with the tough decisions they make. On Thursday, Barack Obama's campaign made waves with an easy one. Mr.

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In a web video emailed to supporters Thursday, Barack Obama explained that he was opting out of the public financing system because John McCain is "not going to stop the smears and attacks from his allies running so-called 527 groups who will spend millions and millions of dol …

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Great article about Obama's backtracking on his pledge for public financing and his current dealings with Rezko fundraisers.

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Sen. Barack Obama's decision to forgo public financing for his presidential campaign clears the way for him to outspend Sen. John McCain by 3-to-1 or substantially more in the general election, a financial edge that dramatically rewrites the playbooks for both candidates.

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This leaves John McCain in a position that hurts him no matter which way he goes. On one hand, he can keep his word and take the public financing, which puts him at an extreme disadvantage in the race.

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Michael Luo writes for the NY Times: The Democratic National Committee is planning to file suit against the Federal Election Commission Monday in an effort to compel it to investigate Senator John McCain's withdrawal from the public financing system for the primary.

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