ack...main board posts are scary! i was hoping someone else heard this too and could corroborate...

[bevoette]

i have searched for a supporting link, but i JUST heard it as breaking news on the radio and i can't find anything. i tried to pay very close attention...

it was the top of the hour ABC news break

i believe the gist of it was...the FEC just ruled that McCain's campaign could be excepted from the rules re: campaign finance during the general, that he would NOT be restricted to the public funds

i swear to god that's what i think i heard. i can't even find it on ABC news site.

i almost drove off the road.

:wtf:

did ANYBODY else hear this??

[Pirate Smile]

1. That is about the Primaries not the General.

[babylonsister]

2. FEC frees McCain from spending limit for primaries

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU_P23eyGmxqE8EEa7ba6r86BpIwD92MPVCO0

FEC frees McCain from spending limit for primaries

By JIM KUHNHENN – 41 minutes ago


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Election Commission has freed Republican presidential candidate John McCain from a public matching fund program that would have limited his spending in the primaries.

The commission's unanimous vote means McCain is not bound by spending limits that restrict candidates who do accept such matching funds.

The commission did not specifically vote on an underlying question — whether McCain used the promise of public funds to secure a loan to his campaign late last year.

Commissioners did reject McCain's argument that he did not need the FEC's approval to withdraw from the public system.

The action Thursday does not affect McCain's decision to obtain $84 million in public financing for the general election.

[Better Believe It]

3. It Just Relates To The Primaries

FEC frees McCain from spending limit for primaries
By JIM KUHNHENN – 42 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Election Commission has freed Republican presidential candidate John McCain from a public matching fund program that would have limited his spending in the primaries.

The commission's unanimous vote means McCain is not bound by spending limits that restrict candidates who do accept such matching funds.

The commission did not specifically vote on an underlying question — whether McCain used the promise of public funds to secure a loan to his campaign late last year.

Commissioners did reject McCain's argument that he did not need the FEC's approval to withdraw from the public system.

The action Thursday does not affect McCain's decision to obtain $84 million in public financing for the general election.

[speedoo]

5. So McCain is restricted to $84 M for all spending after the rethug convention?

Plus whatever he can get away with, right?

[bevoette]

4. THANK GOD

now i feel stupid, LOL

i was almost...apoplectic at the notion


thank you </small voice> :blush:

[bevoette]

6. ok, wait...does that set a precendent...can they make the SAME RULING for the general now??