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Post by socal on Feb 25, 2008 13:43:20 GMT -6
So the champion of reform - Senator McCain signs up for Federal matching funds when his campaign is almost broke in Dec/Jan... ...has tried & failed to back out of the Federal funds, because the situation has obviously changed, and he is held to a spending limit of $54 Million for the primaries (and he had spent $46 by the end of January - and is likely at or past the $54 Million mark now)... ...So that means that Sen. McCain can: a) Continue spending through the conventions --- which has a penalty of up to 7 years in jail & some ungodly fine. (according to the law with his name on it) b) Go dark / not campaign until after the GOP convention in September. c) Allow Mitt-mentum to rejoin the campaign & become Mitt's VP (or vice-versa). What's a political reformer to do? tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/dems_push_for_fec_probe_of_mcc.phpthinkprogress.org/2008/02/25/its-possible-romney-will-return-to-race-son-says/
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Post by NOTTHOR on Feb 25, 2008 13:50:45 GMT -6
Well, mr. socal, congratulations on only taking 24 hours to get back into the fray with your muckraking. The Republican war room on the outskirts of Hell has been waiting for this topic to be brought up. We have a solution. McCain won't need to spend any of his warchest until after the convention, so I'm not too worried.
First - "Friends" and "Supporters" of John McCain will pay for all of the ads on a going forward basis. Second - W has preemptively offered to pardon Mr. McCain for running afoul of any law or regulation during the campaign. Third - With Obama likely to win the Dems' ticket, Mr. McCain can go silent as long as he needs to and Michelle and her America-loathing speeches will bolster McCain's support by the day.
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Post by Master Blaster on Feb 25, 2008 20:20:00 GMT -6
Hey, I like McCain, he is an honorable Navy man, just like myself. That being said, aren't politicians and lawyers notorious for finding loopholes and ways around?
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Post by barber on Feb 26, 2008 7:04:22 GMT -6
I don't see how "reforming" his response to matching funds disqualifies his ability to be a reformer. Seems to me that it makes him that much more of a reformer.
Similarly, Obama is likely to "change" his position on accepting mathing funds in the general (i.e., he said he would accept them in the general election). Does that mean he has to stop stealing the word "change" from every other Democrat as his theme?
The problem Obama has is that he's eventually going to be asked to explain the "change." That's why Hillary is so pissed. She is clearly the smarter of the two, but she can't convince people that he isn't answering questions. It's priceless to watch.
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Post by socal on Feb 26, 2008 7:41:53 GMT -6
I don't see how "reforming" his response to matching funds disqualifies his ability to be a reformer. Seems to me that it makes him that much more of a reformer. Similarly, Obama is likely to "change" his position on accepting mathing funds in the general (i.e., he said he would accept them in the general election). Does that mean he has to stop stealing the word "change" from every other Democrat as his theme? The problem Obama has is that he's eventually going to be asked to explain the "change." That's why Hillary is so pissed. She is clearly the smarter of the two, but she can't convince people that he isn't answering questions. It's priceless to watch. Actually, Obama didn't change his mind - nor accept them in the general election. Here is what he said: If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election.www.midwestdemocracynetwork.org/templates/media/MDNPresidentialQuestionnaire.pdf#page=2About "the change"... for someone that backed Bush or politicians that insist things are going well because the lobbyists tell them so say so - I could see how an understanding of change could be missed.
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