MyDD (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Sam Stein at HuffPo breaks a big story - Obama is considering a campaign-imposed private donation maximum below the $2300 legal limit per individual in the general election. This is a huge signal away from public financing: During a private fundraiser last month, Sen. Barack Obama said he was "considering" voluntarily restricting the amount of money he could raise in a general election from campaign...
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Headline : Obama floated idea of capping general election donations. "We need to separate money from political influence. It's an experiment in open source politics," Obama told a crowd of supporters in Silicon Valley. "One thing that I am considering, and my advisers might not like this: I may limit campaign contribution amounts per person to less than the federal limit in the general election."...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
See, this is what worries me about Obama -- could he possibly be so stupid as to give up his enormous fundraising advantage with individual donors, just so he can get a few style points from election reformers? Yes, apparently -- Obama Floated Idea Of Voluntarily Capping Donations. In an election campaign, there are no points for style.
