Spending Limits
Add to the list of things the Dean campaign has done well the slick misdirect on the decision to drop out of public financing. At the time Dean nade the decision, it was described as a way to avoid being stuck without responses to Bush ad campaigns between the end of the primaries and the Republican convention. Almost everybody, including myself, bought the story.
In reality, it's increasingly clear that the negative ad problem isn't much of a problem because the progressive 527s can respond for the nominee. It's even more clear that the real point of opting out was to flood money into early states that his rivals wouldn't be able to match.
posted by Alex at 8:25 AM
