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  •  Edwards (none / 0)

    Edwards made a huge mistake taking the federal matching funds.  Gee, has he ever got to be kicking himself for that one. The big Democratic donors all know about the problems with that $45 million limit, which will be exhausted by the end of March, and then 4 months - a WHOLE FOUR MONTHS because the conventions are so late - of a Democratic nominee who isn't allowed to spend any money vs Bush with $200 million.  The thing about that push polling issue is that they don't have to tell the truth!  

     Kerry is a terrible candidate, as proven by his having had to loan himself $8.6 million.  

    by Lois on Tue Jan 27, 2004 at 12:24:42 PM PDT

    •  Edwards matching funds (none / 0)

      I agree, taking the matching funds was a huge mistake for Edwards.

      The weird thing is, he really didn't need the money.  JE is worth somewhere betweeen $30 and $70 million, not sure how much he's received in matching fund, but it can't be more than $10 million. He could written a check for that himself, or more practically, taken out a loan against other assets.

      Instead he's hamstrung by spending limits.

      by Beowulf on Tue Jan 27, 2004 at 01:11:04 PM PDT

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      •  FMF is a Lie (none / 0)

        The FMF issue is a lie straight out of Burlington.

        The 527 committees will prop up any Dem candidate this spring and summer with amounts that will dwarf the hard money available to any candidate, cap-buster or not.

        Gore was not overmatched in this time period in '00, specifically because of soft money.

        It will be the same this year.

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        by Petey on Tue Jan 27, 2004 at 04:43:23 PM PDT

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