Kinsley - Get over it! (Time magazine).

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Thursday, Jul. 10, 2008
Divided They Fall
By Michael Kinsley


Excerpt: Barack Obama has refused $84 million of government money for the fall campaign because he believes he can raise more privately. For the Democrats to find it easier than the Republicans to raise money is a recent development, and a somewhat inspiring one. Affluent people who give to the Republican Party are advancing their own class interests, whereas those who give to the Democrats generally aren't. This suggests an admirable seriousness about their giving. On the other hand, if they go off in a snit when their candidate loses the nomination, that will suggest that they aren't really in this out of progressive passion--they just find politics an amusing hobby, like racehorses or yachts.


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Link: http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1821662,00.html