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Playing with fire? (5.00 / 1) (#5)
by davnee on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:12:32 PM EST
Will this come back to bite Obama when he inevitably reneges on his pledge to go the public financing route?  Or is this instead the groundwork being laid for justifying his reneging?  You didn't play by the rules so I'm free to violate my pledge because I can't trust you?  That sort of thing.  Sorry the cynic in me can't help but see this as more about clearing Obama for unlimited spending in the general than it is dinging McCain, although it is a ding of course.  

I'm not against Obama doing this at all, but I would point out that it is playing typical politics rather than embracing a new politics of reform.  I do however wonder if McCain can turn this back by saying I was trying my best and fell short of the mark, but at least I gave new politics a try unlike my opponents.  We'll see.

What does this have to do with Obama? (5.00 / 3) (#11)
by rebrane on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:21:54 PM EST
The issue is that John McCain is currently in criminal violation of the campaign finance law which he authored.

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I thas everything to do w/Obama (3.66 / 3) (#14)
by oculus on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:25:58 PM EST
or Kos wouldn't be part of it.  

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I second that. (none / 0) (#21)
by TalkRight on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 05:02:00 PM EST
they are trying to tear McCain now to make an impression that any of the two democrats will be viable.

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This move is eerily reminiscent of (none / 0) (#22)
by oculus on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 05:25:00 PM EST
Obama's IL senate race; challenging the signatures.

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Just pointing out the secondary benefit (none / 0) (#15)
by davnee on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:28:52 PM EST
to Obama that this potentially gets him off the hook for his campaign finance pledge.  A hook he desperately wants to get off.

And this story is about more than expenditures, it is also about groups going after McCain's PAC money.  That is a danger area for any pol to cast stones.  Not that he shouldn't cast the stone if it is to his advantage, but he should make sure his glass house has been stone-proofed first.

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Maybe (none / 0) (#17)
by CST on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:32:10 PM EST
Except no politition is throwing stones here.  Progressive Blogs are.  They don't actually work for any politician.

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that is what Obama camp is doing with FL/MI (none / 0) (#31)
by TalkRight on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 07:38:33 PM EST
just point that it would be advantageous to Hillary that this potentially gets him off the hook for his refusing to get the re-votes in FL/MI

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Maybe it's a twofer.... (none / 0) (#6)
by Maria Garcia on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:14:25 PM EST
Which is okay by me. Glad to see them going after McCain in any case.

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Twofer yes, but still playing with fire. (none / 0) (#12)
by davnee on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:22:43 PM EST
I always get a little worried about candidates grousing about the campaign ethics of others since that is just an engraved invitation to be hoisted on your own petard.  Obama has been making electoral hay out of his (misleading) argument that he is not in the pocket of lobbyists.  Dude has taken a ton of money, just like Clinton and McCain.  Always dicey for a "new politics" candidate to essentially dare the other candidates to prove that he is down rooting in the old politics mud with the rest of them, thus making fools of his "change" voters all along.

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I agree with this. (5.00 / 1) (#16)
by dk on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 04:30:49 PM EST
The problem is also that since the credibility of the vast majority of the left blogosphere is pretty much gone, knowing that bloggers like Kos are a part of it makes one skeptical as to the merits of their arguments.

It's sad that is the case, but the fact is that we have to look at people's past records of credibility.  The argument may end up holding up in court, but knowing that Kos and friends are making it makes me, unfortunately, less likely to believe it.

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I got (none / 0) (#59)
by kenoshaMarge on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 05:50:27 AM EST
an email from firedoglake and kos yesterday and promptly unsubscribed from any further emails. I had deleted firedoglake from my favorites but forgot to unsubscribe.

If Jane has allied herself with kos then I will judge her by the company she keeps. Lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

Alienating a good share of the left will have consequences.

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McCain's got lobbyists on the (none / 0) (#29)
by thereyougo on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 07:18:32 PM EST
Straight talk Express.

can we say in their pocket?

oh its rich fodder for a campaign flyers.
He's so blatant! that JMc.

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