SerpentVenom

Barack Obama has decided to forgo public financing for the general election campaign. Good for him. Taking public funding is a sucker's bet ever since Kerry got Swiftboated in 2004. When the deep-pocket funded anti-Obama ads run (and they will), Obama will be able to counter with paid ads of his own. He won't have to worry about preserving his funds or depending on the hope that people are smart enough (hah!) to see a deception for what it is.