Mark Shields on Barack Obama's decision to opt out of public funding:
Barack Obama made history this week. He became the first presidential nominee since Richard Nixon in 1972 to state that his campaign will be funded totally by private donations with no limits on spending.
It was a flip-flop of epic proportions. It was one that he could not rationalize or justify. His video was unconvincing. He looked like someone who was being kept as a hostage somewhere he was so absolutely unconvincing in it. It could not have passed a polygraph test.
I mean, coming up with this bogus argument the Republicans have so much more money -- the Republicans don't have so much more money. He's raised three times as much as John McCain has.
C'mon, Mark! Tell us how you really feel!
...But I really do think that Obama has made this so central to his mission, which is, "I'm going to change Washington, and you can't change Washington until you change the money, until you change the way we raise the money and who we raise it from." And he just basically went back on that.
And I think, in that sense, it can become a character issue against him, and I think that's potentially a problem.
Character matters. Hmmm! Where have I heard that before? The good ship Obama is taking on water, er money! Apparently having a fistful of cash is much better than clinging to his old tired worn out ethics! Let's just see if the voters want this character in the White House!
EPIC proportions. Heh.
BTW, I would expect to see this quote, from the mildly left of center Mr. Shields, show up in a GOP commercial between now and November, should the Democratic Superdelegates not come to their senses at the convention!
Hat tip Hot Air
Cross Posted at Say Anything
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