> With the Citizens United decision, that's no longer possible without either a Constitutional Amendment or the Supreme Court overturning their own decision -

> With the Citizens United decision, that's no longer possible without either a Constitutional Amendment or the Supreme Court overturning their own decision - neither one is very likely. Citizens United has implications for campaign finance, but the demise of publicly financed campaigns that GP is referring to began before that. In fact, it began with Obama's first election (2008), in which McCain agreed to take public financing. Obama, on the other hand, broke his earlier promise to take public funds, becoming the first candidate in history to do so[0][1]. Because accepting public financing means limiting total spending, Obama vastly outspent McCain by November. Obama won the popular vote, spending $10.94/vote, whereas McCain spent only half as much total money (amounting to $5.97/vote in the end.)[2] [0] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/us/politics/20obamacnd.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/us/politics/20obamacnd.htm... [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/us/politics/20obama.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/us/politics/20obama.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_for_the_2008_United_States_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_for_the_2008_Unite...