John Edwards Seems Fine With Trial Lawyers
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards recently escalated his condemnation of Hillary Clinton for the support she receives from corporate contributers. He has also criticized her for accepting money from lobbyists and, last month, stated he would ban lobbyists from giving money to any federal candidates. Not surprising from someone whose fund raising has fallen off a cliff forcing him to opt for public financing of his campaign. The plea on his website reads
“This deadline could not be more important. After November 30, we’ll submit our second filing for federal matching funds. As a part of that submission, a contribution you make today will go directly to the resources we need to compete and win in the critical early states. This is crunch time - your contribution now counts more than ever. And with federal matching funds, your contribution can count double! So don’t wait - help us double our strength by making a contribution today.”
He has further stated he would expand public campaign financing to include congressional candidates. (more…)