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Obama's Hypocrisy on Public Financing

Amanda Carpenter
Amanda Carpenter  |  April 09, 2008 11:26 AM
It would make sense for someone who says he supports the public financing of campaigns to use public financing, right?

Not if you're Barack Obama

Obama, who raised $40 million all on his own in March, pledged to  use it if he and the GOP nominee could reach a "fundraising truce" but now appears to be backing off that pledge according to ABC's Jake Tapper.