]> http://www.publicampaign.org/blog-tags/presidential-race Comments for "presidential race" en http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/06/19/obamas-obligation#comment-26185 Quoting Nick Nyhart's column in the Huffington Post, "Sen. Obama and his campaign must be clear in the weeks and months ahead about their commitment to ending a system that puts big money campaign contributors ahead of the needs and concerns of all Americans." I recommend that Public Campaign mount an email, telephone and letter-writing campaign to Sen. Obama's campaign offices asking him to publicly confirm support for Public Campaign Financing, and specifically for the Fair Elections Now Act. My home organization in Florida, the Space Coast Progressive Alliance (http://www.spacecoastprogressivealliance/elections) will join the effort, and I'll bet that all of the state and local Clean Elections organizations around the country will join in as well. The timing is right, while the country's attention is on the issue, that several thousand emails, letters and calls should have some impact. Fred Markham Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:35:44 -0500 http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/06/19/obamas-obligation#comment-26178 How is his opting out "understandable?" He's raking in big corporate money too, not operating under this myth that they are all small donors. I can't believe how gullible people are. Obama just noticed the system is broken, after studying it for two years? I don't buy it. He's opting out because he's getting lots of donations. That's the only reason. And this site, of all sites, "understands"??? What a cop out. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:16:54 -0500 http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/05/08/system-for-the-future#comment-25014 Noted and corrected - thanks. Tue, 13 May 2008 10:30:42 -0500 http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2008/05/08/system-for-the-future#comment-24962 I appreciate this entry, but you spelled "principal" wrong. This will tend to diminish its impact. Keep up the good work. Fri, 09 May 2008 09:03:40 -0500 http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2007/09/28/edwards-to-opt-in-to-public-financing#comment-19933 This is the main reason I am an Edwards supporter. He seems sincerely willing to take on the special interests than run our country in an aggressive manner which frankly is NOT the feeling I get from the front-runner. Which of course is why she is the front-runner. The challenge is to re-educate the public, so that instead of people thinking "So and so has all the campaign money and is way out ahead so must be the right person" to "So and so has all the money, so what does that suggest about how this person would govern and what his/her priorities would be?" Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:31:57 -0500 http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2007/08/24/make-it-happen#comment-19377 Mr. Brand is right - everthing is political and money affects our whole political system; thereby everything in our lives. One point that I think gets lost in most discussions of clean money campaigns is: it will probably mean no new taxes. Publicly-funded campaigns will cost us, the taxpayers, less than lobbiest-funded campaigns because after the campaigning ALL of our taxes will go for OUR benefit. There will be no sweet deals, no-bid contracts, $500 hammers, or pay-offs. Our taxes will be give us more bang for the buck, because there will be no one else our representatives will be answering to. Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:54:22 -0500