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Republican National Committee: This Week In Change - Is Breaking Promises and Straddling Positions on Key Issues Change We Can Believe In?
June 20, 2008Yesterday, Barack Obama Announced He Will Opt Out Of The Public Financing System In The General Election: Obama Has Declined Public Financing In The General Election, Calling It A "Broken System." "In a web video emailed to supporters, Obama asks his supporters to help him 'declare our independence from a broken system.' Of course, it's not so much a broken system that explains why he's passing on the FEC's $80+million. He will easily raise more than he could ever get in public funding." (Jonathan Martin, "Obama Opts Out Of Public Financing," The Politico's "Jonathan Martin" Blog, http://www.politico.com, 6/19/08) Full release