video of Obama announcing the decision no to public financing

[cal04]

no to public financing of his campaign
This campaign is in your hands like no other campaign before.
Now is the time to act. Make your online donation below:


https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/bignews?source=20080619_PF_ND_G

In a video message sent to supporters this morning Senator Barack Obama said his campaign had made the decision not to participate in public financing during the general election. It marks the first time since 1976 that a major party presidential candidate has rejected public financing for the general election.
“It’s not an easy decision especially because I support a robust system of public financing of presidential elections,” Mr. Obama said in the video. “But the public financing of presidential elections as it exists today is broken.”
He complained that the campaign of his rival, Senator John McCain is “fueled by contributions from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs.” Mr. Obama said he would run his campaign on small donations.
“If we don’t stand together, the broken system we have now, a system where special interests drown out the voices of the American people will continue to erode our politics and prevent the possibility of real change,” he said.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/the-early-word-obama-opts-out-of-public-financing/index.html?hp

[mmonk]

1. Yes indeed.

and I'll add this from Al Gore:

Dear (mmonk),

Monday night, at a great event in Detroit, I endorsed Barack Obama for President at the Joe Lewis Arena. The rally drew more than 20,000 people and was broadcast live on CNN and MSNBC. You can watch a video of the event by visiting:

http://blog.algore.com

Also I would like to once again encourage you to become part of this movement and contribute to Barack Obama’s campaign by visiting:

https://donate.barackobama.com/supportbarack

Thank you,

Al Gore