Barack Obama Preparing The Ground For Breaking A Promise

Barack Obama is planning to break campaign promise before he's even elected. But, it's not his fault. It's the system.

The nation's system of public financing for presidential elections is "creaky" and needs to be updated, Sen. Barack Obama said Friday, offering another possible argument for not accepting taxpayer dollars to pay for his presidential campaign.

Obama, who has raised a whopping $234 million from about 1.3 million donors, said the limited amounts of money available from the federal treasury for presidential campaigns pose difficult choices for candidates raising large sums

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In other words, the system is broken because he can raise more money than the government offers.