At the root of this problem as in many other cases, is the party system. Your founding fathers warned against it. Vote for alternative candidates, they will be more honest than any party reptile.

Posted at April 26, 2008 12:52 PM in response to Today's Must Read

From here, it looks like McCain has huge wiggle room. Everything hinges on viewing the letter as collateral. It can also be viewed as a last-ditch cosigner. If an applicant has a rich dad who says he will bail junior out, the bank will give him money. In McCain's case, the bank made a business decision to lend money on the premise that if everything went bad, at least he could pay them back from the public fund. It is not collateral, it is a safety net. Until he takes money from the fund itself, he should have full rights to opt in or out, same as any other candidate. This issue will not hurt McCain. The real question regards how he will achieve the opt-out. Looks like revenge time. If the commission cannot muster a quorum, he must stay in. The only ones who can change that are republicans who could cease opposition to separate votes for new members. Whether they do so will depend on how they feel about McCain. Payback time? Possibly.

Posted at February 22, 2008 8:05 PM in response to McCain's FEC Problem