Why didn't Obama wait until Friday afternoon to announce the public finance withdrawal?

I don't really want to argue whether it was a good move or not, except to say that turnabout is fair play, and if he hadn't taken advantage of a 3 or 4 to 1 advantage in fundraising, I think we'd all be disappointed. But this was obviously a bad story from a PR perspective, and conventional wisdom in the MSM is that you dump a negative story on Friday in the hopes of diminishing coverage over the weekend. Why didn't the Obama campaign follow this strategery? Any thoughts?

And they certainly aren't scared of the republicans or McSame.

The MSM may suck, but let's not pretend they won't influence the election.

Speak truth to power.

Tell it like it is.

Have faith in the American people to be smart enough to know shit from shinola.

Obama will win in a landslide of historic propostions, with or without the MSM on his side.

He is trying to start a new type of politics. He wants to be up front with the American people. Trying to hide this issue by releasing it late on Friday is not his style.

Bomb Bomb and co. were all over Obama for his "law enforcement"
approach to fighting TERRA, and were beating their chests like
the "He-Men" they claim to be ... This put campaign finance
front and center, and despite all the "flip-flop" whining, I
don't think McLameSame really wants to talk about this too
much. (What about that loan he got earlier in the campaign?
What about HIS OWN flip-flop on accepting public funds?)

It's funny--last night on MSNBC they were talking about how McCain had done the same thing on public finance (embraced it, then flipped, then flopped back to it). But this morning, Scarborough didn't mention that. It's like the network got stupider on the subject overnight.

It's amazing to me how the media is IN THE TANK for Bomb Bomb.
And not just the "usual suspects" (Dana Bash and John King on
CNN, Scabrous and Fucker on MSNBC) -- it's EVERYONE, including
the anchors. It's as if the sucky corporatist media has been
given their marching orders, and they are to protect McLameSame
at all costs.

Who mentioned Hannity? I don't understand.

i can't testify though

McCain got private money using his public financing as collateral. That nullifies their agreement, in my book.

Obama owes McCain nothing.

on the subject. I haven't seen much of that yet.

:rofl:

I mean the Obama campaign. It's not like anyone would refuse, say, an Axelrod interview, in which he could bring up McCain's own flip-flopping on the subject.

That's your next step.

Which is important. The rethugs are pros at dropping news stories on a Friday.

Obama has nothing to worry about with this one, the M$M will have their little molehill=mountain bullshit session, it's out of the news before you know it.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Obama campaign made a big announcement that would dominate the "news cycle"... What they would announce? Not sure. Veep selection? More DNC news?

The Obama camp knows what they're doing.

I know I reached a little further in my pocket this morning.

The Obama campis sharp and aggressive and I think it's terrific.

The hit must be taken and then the Republicans must be relentlessly beaten up on in all 50 states. It must also be hammered home that Obama is taking public financing, just in a new form-directly from the people in the form of small donations from regular people who know how important it is that we take back our govenment/

McCain also best be careful about attacking too hard on flip-flopping as he seems to find new ways to be for or against things before he was for or against them, namely and latest, the Constitution of the United States of America since he has now promised to go beyond the Constitution to prosecute "The War on Terror".

That is such a flip flop that McCain should not only be ineligible to run for President but should be removed from the Senate because instead of a push to amend the Constitution, he publicly asserts he will subvert it.
McCain and those who share his "post 9/11 mindset" make me as ashamed to be an American as I can imagine being.
No longer are we to be the land of the free and the home of the brave, but rather a bunch of sheep on a short leash, heading willingly to the slaughter.

I am ashamed of the abandonment of our core ideals, principles, and freedoms in the face of fear.

I have a feeling they did internal polling and found out that voters simply aren't motivated and have never been motivated by this issue. No one is deciding their vote in November based on this issue. No one.

could care less.

with McM$M spin about politics as usual.

He kicked the PACs and the lobbyists out of his fundraising and out of the DNC.

because WE THE PEOPLE are doing the public financing..