10-31-2008, 02:56 PM
mikeylikesit wrote:
[quote=wurm]
[quote=Sam3]I'm of the mind that campaigns should be given x amount of public dollars and each campaign needs to determine how best to effectively use the money. That would level the playing field.
I agree. I've been saying the same exact thing for years.
Me three.
i think this would only work if ALL other outside groups were prohibited from participating in the campaign. McCain may have had only $84 millions (jeesh, only! what a world!) but the RNC was able to augment that total considerably. the DNC didn't have to as much this time since Obama was his own fundraising Juggernaut but they would have been there if necessary. then there are all those other PAC groups. of course, there's all those pesky freedom of speech issues to deal with. the playing field can never really be level. the democrats simply played better this time for a change.