Obama to Reject Public Funds for Election
By Shailagh Murray and Perry Bacon | Friday, June 20, 2008 | The Washington Post
“…Obama will become the first major-party presidential nominee to reject the public funds, passing up nearly $85 million in taxpayer money and instead looking to the 1.5 million donors who contributed to his primary campaign. Given his groundbreaking success in raising money in the Democratic primaries, estimates of how much he could collect for the general-election run to $300 million or more, a sum that would allow the senator from Illinois to compete even in traditionally Republican states….”…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900914_pf.html
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