"I do believe that Obama will keep pushing for campaign finance reform. The reason? He ends up better off for it. "
I disagree. He could have ran against McCain using public funding only. He didn't need more since McCain pledge to do the same. "Obama has some serious high dollar backers, no doubt, but in a world of totally unfettered money from individuals and corporations, the current climate is going to benefit Republicans more than Democrats. " How does it benefit Republicans more? "They have more uber-rich backers than the D's do. " Proof? "Obama, however, has a really good ground game and does a really good job pulling in small dollar donors." Really? Maybe you should check out this analysis by the Campaign Finance Institute <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Institute>: http://www.cfinst.org/Press/PReleases/08-11-24/Realty_Check_-_Obama_Small_Donors.aspx Some highlights: * Obama Received About the Same Percentage from Small Donors in 2008 as Bush in 2004 * Obama also raised 80% more from large donors than small, outstripping all rivals and predecessors * Obama raised 210 million from bundlers and large donors while McCain raised 100 million. * 2,205 people donated in their own names at least $25k to fundraising committees that supported Obama while 1846 donated similarly to McCain. "So if a combination of Congress and the Judiciary is able to get campaign finance rules in place to get the big money largely out of the system, it is a (short term) advantage to Democrats" Of course it does. And the long term as well. Especially if one doesn't care about rules (ACORN, Anonymous donors, donors who contribute more than allowable). J - I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'. - Ronald Reagan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348795 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
