Dodge the Money by Publicly Funding Elections

• By Laura MacCleery
• Special to Roll Call
• Feb. 25, 2008, Midnight

Money, it appears in this campaign cycle, does grow on trees. Some $552 million already has been showered on the presidential candidates, breaking all previous fundraising records for primary elections and more than doubling the substantial sums ($273 million) raised during the same period in the 2004 election.