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Originally Posted by mamaste
Actually, it's not clear if McCain violated campaign finance rules. That's one of the reasons why he hasn't been able to back out. He's been trying to back out since the early part of this year.
However, re-read your Obama quote. These funds are for the primary. The general election has a different set of rules and funding. Obama hasn't broken his promise because the general election has not begun. Besides, how do we know he hasn't "aggressively pursue[d] an agreement with the Republican nominee"? We keep forgetting that neither candidate is their party's official nominee. Nor has the general election begun. It is still primary season.
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Yes dear...
Obama said at an earlier time:
"If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election."
Now today he says he will not use public funds in the general....as the first line in my OP says:
Barack Obama announced today that he will not accept roughly $85 million in public funds for the general election, breaking his earlier pledge to do so if his Republican rival John McCain opted in to the system.
I understand clearly that this is in reference to the general...just as it says in my posts...
My point to Grimm was that the DNC lawsuit regarding McCain was about the primaries.....and today Obama has made these statements about not using public funds for the general election
Not sure what you are trying to make me see in my post...