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Recently, presidential candidate Barack Obama opted out of his promise to adopt public financing for the fall campaign. Obama explained on his website that he will need the extra money to fend off attacks from conservative groups. What he didn’t say was that by opting out of public financing, he will be able to outraise

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I had no idea how much the Treasury gave each presidential candidate for campaigning. $84.1 million is a lot of money! Obama announced that he is opting out of the public financing system. McCain’s campaigners complain that Obama has failed the American public in going against the tradition of public financing (created after

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