Today the NY Times has more or less demanded, through their reporting, for Obama to take public financing in the general election. They do not seem to comprehend the offer from Obama to sit down with McCain and come to an agreement with what is going to happen,
if he becomes the nominee. Right now I fail to see why Obama should unilaterally put all of his cards on the table when McCain has been shown to be gaming the financing system.
Campaign spending proposal hems in ObamaHe's the one with the money — and a vow to accept a general election limit...
Now his challenge to his rivals has boomeranged into a test of Mr. Obama’s own ability to balance principle and politics in a very different context. After taking in $100 million in donations, Mr. Obama is the one setting fund-raising records, presenting a powerful temptation to find a way out of his own proposal so that he might outspend his Republican opponent. And the all-but-certain Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, is short on cash and eager to take up the fund-raising truce.
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Campaign finance experts said the issue was a major test of Mr. Obama’s commitment. It is also a first glimpse of what might come in a general election fight between two candidates who have championed public integrity, opening themselves to accusations of hypocrisy.
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“The fact is, Senator Obama signed a piece of paper and pledged to take public financing for his campaign if I did the same," Mr. McCain said. “I believe that Senator Obama should keep his commitment also, which means taking public financing. The rest of it is ground noise. The rest of it is irrelevant."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23378039http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/politics/28obama.html