Read My Lips: No Public Financing

Shawn Macomber hits it right on the head when he takes Dean to task for his flip-flop on accepting public financing for his campaign. Dean, the straight-shootin', iconoclastic, principled candidate decided to forgo principle in the name of ambition for the office.

Dean's opponents quickly labeled the decision "hypocritical." Dean prefers to dress it up as "a new Declaration of Independence." The Dean press release announcing his flip-flop is ridiculously titled, "The Tea is in the Harbor."

It might have gone down a bit smoother if Dean hadn't vowed back in March to stick with the public financing system come hell or high water. Worse, he made a big show of warning then-frontrunners Kerry and John Edwards that if they opted out of the system it would be "a huge issue. I think most Democrats believe in campaign finance reform."

Frankly, if I were in his shoes, I would forgo public money, too. Of course, I would also never have made it an issue in the first place.

When it comes to Dean, it's good to know precisely what it would cost to get him to sell out his own beliefs.

Read the rest of Macomber's article.

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