Biden, Dodd, and Kucinich are taking matching funds. Richardson blew his campaign by NOT taking

[Stop Cornyn]

matching funds:

Monday, November 19, 2007 - Biden Campaign To Apply For Matching Funds -- And takes a cue from John Edwards' constant "Double Our Strength" pleas, by touting public financing as a way to "Double Your Impact!" Needs to use spellchecker though.

Chris Dodd just let his supporters know that his campaign is opting in for matching funds, with these sentences buried in a fundraising email that just went out to supporters: We have decided to take matching funds -- your $25 contribution will mean $50 in the campaign coffers today. Double down, right now!

Monday, November 26, 2007 - Kucinich Wants Federal Matching Funds - Double Your Money - Dear ___: We need you to help us raise $1 million on line from now until Nov. 29th. If you make a contribution during this time, it is eligible for matching funds through public financing. This means that your $50 contribution becomes a $100 contribution, $200 equals $400 ... up to $250. Reaching our goal of $1 million gives us $2 million to help with the resources needed to spread our message in the early primaries.

Richardson SHOULD have applied for matching funds, and because he didn't he won't make the Delaware primary ballot:

Candidates need 500 signatures to appear on the Delaware presidential primary, unless they appear to have qualified for primary season matching funds. The signatures were due on December 10.

Bill Richardson did not file any Delaware signatures, and has not tried to qualify for primary season matching funds, so he won’t be on the Democratic ballot.

If you think public financing is the cooties, you're stuck with Hillary or Obama (which is the reason you hear Hillary and Obama fans pushing this bullshit line).

But whether or not this will make a difference against a Republican campaign is questionable. John McCain on Tuesday became the first 2008 presidential candidate to qualify for taxpayer dollars for the primary election. Huckabee will take matching funds if he is going to try to compete on Huge-Tuesday.

It's a choice. Edwards has as much cash as any Republican and more than all the Democrats except Obama and Hillary added together. If that not enough, you are giving up our democracy for government to the highest bidder.

[Stop Cornyn]

1. edited to fix all the links

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2. delete

[asdjrocky]

3. Yep.

Matching funds

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced Tuesday that Joseph R. Biden Jr. is eligible for federal primary matching funds. The announcement opens the door for Biden's campaign to receive up to $21 million in public funding, but requires his campaign to abide by spending limits in each state and an overall spending cap of approximately $50 million.

With $8.2 million in receipts through the end of September, Biden is 11th overall in fund raising among the major presidential candidates. By comparison, Hillary Rodham Clinton had $91 million and Barack Obama had $80.2 million in receipts for the same time period. Biden is the fifth presidential candidate to be approved for public financing, following fellow Democrats Christopher J. Dodd and John Edwards and Republicans John McCain and Tom Tancredo.

Been working on the same post, happy to add it here.

Does Biden have the money to follow through? Can Dodd? Oh my God, we're lost unless someone with a shit load of money gets the nod.

More bull.

And it's really starting to get old. Half truths about records, who takes money from who?

Anyone wanna take a guess at who has taken the MOST money from hedge funds?

Go ahead, ask me.

[jillan]

4. Biden hasn't done it yet. He's applied, he's qualified, but hasn't signed up or whatever they do to

get it.

[murbley40]

5. Yes, I believe he has......

He sent e-mails that said all contributions up to and including 250.00 will be doubled.