Public financing:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200802170003?f=h_latest

The Times editorial reported that Obama “answered with a firm ‘yes’ when asked if he would participate in public financing, should the Republican nominee do the same.” The editorial then “urge[d] Mr. Obama to return to that position.” Earlier, the editorial asserted that “McCain is now the presumptive Republican nominee and says he is eager to take Mr. Obama up on the idea if he beats Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.” McCain said on March 1, 2007, that if he became the Republican nominee, he would accept public funds, provided the Democratic nominee did as well. However, the Times reported on February 13 that “Mr. McCain’s advisers said that the candidate, despite his signature legislative efforts to restrict the money spent on political campaigns, would not accept public financing and spending limits for this year’s general campaign.” Moreover, in a February 15 article reporting that the “McCain campaign’s latest stand on the issue” is that it will accept public funding if McCain’s Democratic opponent does the same, the Times similarly reported: “On Tuesday, one of Mr. McCain’s advisers told The New York Times that the campaign had decided to forgo public financing in the general election, an awkward admission for a senator who has made campaign finance reform a central part of his political persona.”

By the way, why haven’t I see you call for Obama to stick to his pledge to go with public financing in the general election? Or are his “new” politics just like the old politics?

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