Last week Obama eschewed the public financing system for the general election. It seems that many of the articles I am reading are saying that he is the "first major party candidate to reject public financing and its attendant spending limits." Do they mean in this election, or ever? If they mean "first-ever" (since public financing started) and public financing means a candidate can't raise private funds, then why is there always so much talk of candidates hosting various fund-raising events like $x,000-a-plate dinners? Are the publicly financed campaigns having their PACs raise money or what?
posted on Jun 23, 2008 - 10 answers

Barack Obama now has more than 1.5 million donors. How many donors do Clinton or McCain have? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 3 answers

I just received an anti-Huckabee push poll. Who was it from? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2008 - 11 answers

Help me destroy a junk car and my electoral opponents! (Well, actually, I just need help to obtain the car... we can handle destruction...) [more inside]
posted on Jan 31, 2006 - 14 answers

Have any MeFites run for local public office? How did you raise funds? [+]
posted on Jan 4, 2005 - 19 answers

Last night's debate made me think of something I heard regarding Kerry's senatorial campaign strategy boiling down to banking everything on his endgame (it may have even been in the Blue, but good luck finding that...). Is that true? Can someone shed some light on his previous campaigns?
posted on Oct 1, 2004 - 3 answers