In a web video emailed to supporters Thursday, Barack Obama
explained that he was opting out of the public financing system
because John McCain is “not going to stop the smears and attacks
from his allies running so-called 527 groups who will spend millions
and millions of dollars in unlimited donations.”
Republicans can only wish that were the case.
Obama’s alarmist prophecy — a bit of typical campaign rhetoric
meant to scare his own donors into reaching for their credit cards —
is wildly at odds with the flatlined state of conservative third-party
efforts.
The truth is that, less than five months before Election Day, there are
no serious anti-Obama 527s in existence nor are there any immediate
plans to create such a group.
Oh well. In other news MoveOn.org seems to be doing well:
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