Better than large stacks of thousands.

No, more like large stacks of twenties you can believe in.

McCain appreciates you searching your couch cushions a second time for him, though.

I’m not ready to say the issue is over — Obama could easily be a fluke, and there’s no guarantee that future candidates will have the same grassroots support structure — but it seems to me he should just keep doing what he’s doing.

His moves in just the last few days in exerting control over the DNC, dealing (in some small way) with Lieberman and with the press, are really giving me a good feeling that he can actually deliver on the promise.

My innate cynicism is taking a beating here.

Town hall debates too, returning lobbyist funds. Hell yeah. That’s exceedingly positive change.

personally, i have problems with the federal government offering public financing in the first place. i think it’s an unnecessary burden on taxpayers. i realize my rejection of public financing is a meme found often in ‘throw the bums out’ parlance. to me, public campaign financing is not the way things should be done during elections. if a politician or political action cause is unable to raise money to support itself and it’s positions, then the free market of ideas and capital have spoken loud and clear. there’s no need for taxpayers to foot the bill while politicians and lobbyists can set legislation and agenda that are often self serving in nature.

it must be quite disturbing to republicans that the ‘free market forces’ are going elsewhere en masse with political donations and capital this cycle. no wonder mccain is trying to level the playing field, which is what obama would be agreeing to by going with public financing. there’s no need to give up the advantage while it’s there…we all know that if mccain’s campaign was really raking in the bucks that the public financing push would never have seen the light of day.

is this a sign that ‘a change is gonna come’? i hope so.

Just Some Fuckhead Says: The really cool part is when Obama gets back on the plane after he flies alongside of it for a few minutes grinning at the press contingent through the windows.

Hee!

Did you like the way he ditched the press yesterday?

The RNC condition is a good negotiating ploy though. (Much better than talking about 527s which McLame might not e able to control even if he wanted to.) They’re sitting on a lot of cash they were hoping to use to supplement Grampy’s own somewhat lackluster fundraising. I doubt they’ll be willing to forego that.