Barck Obama and the Obama campaign should be congratulated for making the decision to rely on a grassroots strategy and refusing contributions from lobbyists and political action committees.
I believe the Obama campaign's approach is the only option to provide the funding flexibility that may be necessary to respond to the distortions, lies, and smears sure to come from every direction of the radical right.
It is unfortunate that our system of public financing of presidential elections is so broken that, in order to try to keep a level playing field with the Republican candidate's supporters, our Democratic Party presumptive nominee must opt out.
cross-posted on VirginiaDem