Obama is opting out of pubic financing, and he explains why here. It's actually a savvy little video. In it, Obama expresses support for real public financing, laments our broken system, ties the broken system to lobbyists and corporate interests, note that those interests are funding the McCain campaign, and sighs that opting out of public financing was a hard decision because it meant "foregoing more than $80 million in public funds during the final months of this election." And it sits atop a fundraising appeal that exhorts you to "declare your independence from a broken system," the sort of fundraising appeal that's led observers to estimate Obama could raise between $300 million and $500 million. Well played, Obama campaign. Well played.
