Public financing divides '08 candidates
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For presidential candidates, the post-Watergate system of financing campaigns with public money has become the great divide.
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With 19 candidates and counting, the 2008 presidential race is tough to sort outâeven for the political pros. A user's guide to the ultimate tournament.
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Democrat John Edwards has joined the growing list of presidential candidates who are skipping public financing of their campaigns.
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Campaign of Sen. Barack Obama relies upon a large mass of low-amount donors to pad its coffers.
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Presidential candidates may return contributions solicited for the general election campaign and accept public financing with its stricter limitations, the Federal Election Commission ruled Thursday.
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Democratic presidential contender John Edwards said on Thursday he would accept public financing of his primary campaign, reversing his earlier stance, and challenged rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to do the same.
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Two multimillionaires in the presidential race Â two ways to spend their money. Republican Mitt Romney has pumped more than $17 million of his own into his race; Democrat John Edwards, by law, can tap his fortune for no more than $50,000.
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The campaign of Democrat John F. Kerry has earmarked $6 million for Democratic committees that support congressional candidates from the sizable surplus left over from the privately funded phase of his presidential campaign.
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Presidential candidates arenÃ¢ÂÂt the only ones expected to shatter spending records during the 2008 campaign. With both partiesÃ¢ÂÂ nominations up for grabs, crowded candidate fields, and full-tilt campaigning already under way in early 2007, taxpayers will be paying more than ever to ensure the safety of presidential hopefuls.
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Money helped winnow the presidential field. It hasn't determined who each party's nominee will be.
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With just $2 million in the bank and a campaign organization in turmoil, Sen. John McCain now looks out on a vastly different landscape when it comes to financing a run for the White House.
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The following are breakdowns of the current and potential candidates for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations in 2008.
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For presidential candidates, the post-Watergate system of financing campaigns with public money has become the great divide. Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who dropped out of the Democratic presidential race last week, is likely only the first to fall into the chasm.
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Clinton lends her campaign $5 million as rival Barack Obama outraised her ... McCain leads GOP delegate count for Super Tuesday results while Clinton is ahead for Democrats ... Obama says he's Clinton-tested and toughened for fall campaign ... McCain looks to appease conservatives while Huckabee, Romney press on ... Michigan congressmen Dingell, Kildee endorse Clinton
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DAYTON, Ohio Â If Sen. Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee, he faces a financial dilemma: Use his vaunted fundraising operation for the general election or limit himself by accepting public funds.
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Senator John McCainâs campaign may be paying the price for a career of positions alienating traditional big donors.
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U.S. News & World Report - One Vote &#39;08, the national campaign to make poverty a campaign issue in the 2008 presidential election, will spend $30 million in the four earliest primary and caucus states: Nevada, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given the effort, begun with the help of U2&#39;s Bono, a $22 million grant. Campaign organizers say that amount is the &quot;minimum&quot; for the campaign, making it surely one of the biggest issue campaigns thus far announced for the 2008 election cycle.