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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx</link><description>Is Obama still holding out the option of taking federal matching funds in the fall? "Aides to Obama said that for now he will continue to forgo the chance to raise $2,300 per donor for the general election on top of the money he is raising for his primary-season</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127357</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:20:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127357</guid><dc:creator>Politivine (SC)</dc:creator><description>Obama will certainly not have any problems raising money for the general, despite now declining money from PAC's. Obama has built an insane network that will continue to fund his campaign as long as he needs them to.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.politivine.com"&gt;http://www.politivine.com&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127360</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:21:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127360</guid><dc:creator>matt</dc:creator><description>Obama will crush McCain and the GOP in fundraising no matter what. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.political-buzz.com/"&gt;http://www.political-buzz.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127372</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:24:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127372</guid><dc:creator>Michael B</dc:creator><description>Why isn't MSNBC covering the articles of impeachment for Bush being read on the floor of the House? &amp;nbsp; Isn't that big news?</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127395</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:28:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127395</guid><dc:creator>Class Warrior, D.C.</dc:creator><description>Obama---GET RID OF JOHNSON!!!</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127397</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:28:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127397</guid><dc:creator>The - Democrat Soldier </dc:creator><description>Wow - I love it. &amp;nbsp;The GOP is so desperate that they are picking on whomever they can, just to try and sling dirt. &amp;nbsp;Pathetic - have you no class ...The GOP are so use to dealing dirty politics that they don't even realize how stupid they sound when they say things that don't matter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why don't you guys talk about the mess Bush/Cheney has done to this country. &amp;nbsp;This 10 of thousands live that have suffered due to a war you guys forced on this country.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why don't you (GOP) talk about the lies and decent and greed, murder, thievery...high gas prices, monopoly of the market...lost jobs, foreclosures. &amp;nbsp;Talk about things that matter to U.S. and how you caused millions to suffer in this country. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stop the non-sense you silly rabbits. &amp;nbsp;John McCain and the GOP are old news....nothing you say matters...we don't want you in the white house and everything you say..We know are lies and slander. Enough already&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127403</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:29:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127403</guid><dc:creator>Pete - Albany, NY</dc:creator><description>Regarding Jim Johnson, I think Uncle Fluffy's campaign has bigger issues.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yes, Johnson is helping vet potential VP candidates, but at least he's not providing economic policy advice to Senator Obama the way Uncle Fluffy's getting advice from Phil Gramm.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You know, Phil Gramm? &amp;nbsp;He's the guy who championed deregulation of the mortgage market which is part of the reason why we are where we are with the foreclosure mess in the first place.</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127405</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:29:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127405</guid><dc:creator>donna</dc:creator><description>Obama's fundraising strategy for the GE is, as usual, a winner.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The repubs are delusional if they think Obama will not volley their hypocritical attack on Johnson, right back at 'em. They're not Hillary, another democrat. The gloves are off.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oh Gracious Lord, let it be, that Obama, and the Dem Congress will get some of his ideas passed, that will bring relief to American's now, before the GE.</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127407</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:30:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127407</guid><dc:creator>Lisa, New Britain, CT        Obama for President</dc:creator><description>I still don't think we are electing the guy (Johnson) to anything. &amp;nbsp;And hasn't he been the guy vetting people in prior Dem. campaigns. &amp;nbsp;Why all the scrutiny now (has this all been recent stuff?). &amp;nbsp;I think if he were running for office himself, this would be news. &amp;nbsp;But there are others vetting also. &amp;nbsp;A big part of my says, if this is all they can find to throw at Obama. &amp;nbsp;It seems to be grasping at straws.</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127410</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127410</guid><dc:creator>Pete - Albany, NY</dc:creator><description>How stupid is FOX Noise? &amp;nbsp;At what point did they think the fist bump was a &amp;quot;terrorist fist jab&amp;quot;?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/09/fox-anchor-calls-obama-fi_n_106027.html"&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/09/fox-anchor-calls-obama-fi_n_106027.html&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127437</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:35:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127437</guid><dc:creator>Diane from Illinois</dc:creator><description>Obama will not have any trouble raising money for the General and should refuse public financing. He's had an amazing financial run for the Primary and I don't see that ending for the general. People are serious about wanting change and McFossil sure can't provide that. The &amp;quot;little people&amp;quot; will support Obama throughout the fall, too! Go Obama, '08!</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127558</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:54:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127558</guid><dc:creator>Eric, Salinas, CA</dc:creator><description>Just another sad attempt by the repugnant ones to distract us from the many disgusting lobbyists on &amp;quot;Warmonger&amp;quot; McCain's payroll. &amp;nbsp;We can't never forget that Phil Gramm has been in the pockets of big banking for decades and he was the one who helped deregulate banks so that the subprime credit crisis could blow up in their faces.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don't be fooled by the distractions of the repugnant ones! &amp;nbsp;The repugnant ones have always been the big friend of white collar criminals.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Go Obama 08/12!</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127580</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127580</guid><dc:creator>David,los angeles,ca.</dc:creator><description>Why would someone who is cabable of raising millons of dollars over night need to borrow money from a general fund?</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127598</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:01:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127598</guid><dc:creator>infogiant, austin, tx</dc:creator><description>Uh, this is a guy on a fact finding mission...not an advisor. &amp;nbsp;McCain's economic advisor (Phil Graham) actally advised McCain that we should further deregulate the industry which is what he did to cause the mortgage crisis in the first place.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If First Read is going to do some actual reporting, it better not be just on what the candidate tells them to report on.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://infogiant.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/john-mccains-economic-adviser-sets-johns-policy-and-lobbies-for-banking-industry-simultaneously/"&gt;http://infogiant.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/john-mccains-economic-adviser-sets-johns-policy-and-lobbies-for-banking-industry-simultaneously/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127637</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:07:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127637</guid><dc:creator>MI Chick</dc:creator><description>Is McInsane kidding with this stuff?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;WHAT ABOUT PHIL GRAMM?? &amp;nbsp;Isn't he more responsible for this mess than Jim Johnson?!? &amp;nbsp;Good grief.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stop throwing stones from your glass house, McCain.</description></item><item><title>Obama: Will he accept matching funds?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/10/1127334.aspx#1127649</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:08:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1127649</guid><dc:creator>Senator Obama for a True Democracy!</dc:creator><description>McCain said he wants to bring back fiscal responsiblility? &amp;nbsp;He wants to end all pork spending? &amp;nbsp;Well what about a billion dollar war? &amp;nbsp;No mention of that in his speech. &amp;nbsp;He said he would veto &amp;quot; every beer&amp;quot;! &amp;nbsp;I guess his wife will be sad about that! &amp;nbsp;I detest him more and the republicans for their chameless robbery of Americans!</description></item></channel></rss>