Subject: [big campaign] Campaign Money Watch: Obama Serious About Reform
From: David Miller <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:14:19 -0400
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Below is Campaign Money Watch Director David Donnelly¹s statement on the
Obama/DNC decision to no longer accept donations from lobbyists and PACs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 5, 2008

CONTACT
David Miller, Communications Manager
(202) 448-6154

CMW¹s Donnelly: Obama Serious About Reform
Burden now rests with McCain, RNC, says watchdog group¹s director

Washington, DC  David Donnelly, director of Campaign Money Watch, a
nonpartisan political watchdog group, released the following statement today
in response to reports that the Democratic National Committee, in
coordination with the party¹s presumed presidential nominee, Sen. Barack
Obama (D-IL), will no longer accept contributions from lobbyists or
political action committees:

³By moving this quickly to reduce the influence of lobbyists in the
Democratic Party, Barack Obama has shown he¹s serious about reforming the
pay-to-play system that plagues American politics,² Donnelly said. ³We see
this as a symbolic sign that, once elected, Obama will make a serious push
to change Washington by fighting for comprehensive public financing for all
federal races. The burden is now on John McCain and the RNC to show they¹re
just as reform-minded as their opponents. But with McCain running a campaign
dependent on 118 lobbyists for staffing and fundraising, the unfortunate
reality is that he's walked away from serious reform and is taking his party
with him.²

Campaign Money Watch is a project of the nonpartisan Public Campaign Action
Fund. The organization works to hold candidates who are against reform
accountable for where they get their political donations.

-- 
David Miller
Communications/Web Manager
Public Campaign Action Fund/Campaign Money Watch
1828 L St. NW #250
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 448-6154

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