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More Consequences of Opting Out

The benefits of opting out of the FEC's campaign finance system are so numerous -- being able to raise unlimited funds, donate cash to down-ticket campaigns that can float your message, compete in states that otherwise wouldn't be in play, etc. -- that the negative consequences of opting out should also be pointed out.

I did that here.

Here's another:

Editorial pages turn on you.

Obama attempted a preemptive defense of his new position by arguing that his massive base of small online donors constitute a ?parallel public financing,? and that he needed to exit the program to defend himself from the independent spending of 527 groups, long a bugaboo of campaign finance reformers. Many editorial boards, though, have been outright dismissive of this argument.

The Washington Post opined that Obama?s ?effort to cloak his broken promise in the smug mantle of selfless dedication to the public good is a little hard to take.?

Yeah. I pretty much get the sense from my Democratic friends that they'll continue to support Obama (and that McCain is out of the question) but that this sort of took the wind out of their sails.

Obama supporters, speak out. But stay classy.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on June 21, 2008 (boomark / email).