Open Thread

June 20th, 2008 10:58 AM

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Obama's campaign finance flipflop:

Barack Obama is abandoning public financing for his presidential campaign, reversing his earlier stance in bold certainty he can raise millions more on his own as the first major-party candidate to bypass the tax-checkoff system that was hurried into place after the Watergate scandal...McCain told reporters in Minnesota on Thursday, "We will take public financing." As for his opponent, he said Obama "said he would stick to his word. He didn't."

What are your thoughts on this flipflop? Was it so predictable that it's unimportant? Will people care? How will the flipflop element impact voters if at all? From a financial perspective, does this give Obama an almost insurmountable monetary advantage?