Thursday, December 20, 2007

An important reason to support Obama

A little dated, but important to clarify why I lean strongly towards Obama over Hillary and Edwards:
Obama readily agreed to identify his bundlers. Unlike Clinton and Edwards, he has released his income tax returns. Perhaps most important, Obama has pledged to take public financing for the general election if he is the Democratic nominee and his Republican opponent will do the same.
There is no substitute for absolute public campaign financing to truly "reform" Washington -- blocking donations from all private sources: corporations, special interest groups, lobbyists...I think Obama is one of the very few people who may even consider moving the country in that direction. Unfortunately, it is quite unlikely that Congress will go along -- they're too mired in money.