More politics talk.

[cyrano]

So I confess that, despite being a PoliSci major in college, there are trappings to the American Electoral System that I don't understand.

Barack Obama declined to participate in the federal public financing system during the primaries.
John McCain declined to participate in the federal public financing system during the primaries.
Barack Obama is declining to participate in the federal public financing system during the general election.
John McCain says that anybody who's not participating in public financing is obviously not fit for the office.

Are there any grounds to McCain's statements here? Is there a difference between primary campaigns and general election campaigns? Or is this just a politics thing where anything your opponent does just shows that he's an incompetent puppet of special interests?

Comments

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

From an article I read on Y!News this morning, it seems there may be some question of whether a candidate is allowed to NOT accept public funding. It's all very confusing.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

I think basically what it comes down to is that our system is outdated and archaic and (most significantly) was invented before the Internet, which Senator Obama is so successfully utilizing. Fortunately, situations like this (and the Democratic primary, and the 2000 election) should at least get people of the next generation thinking about how maybe we should make some changes...