Less than a week ago, Barack announced that our campaign would forgo public financing for the general election, and instead would rely on the grassroots donors who have funded this campaign from the beginning.
Even though we stood to receive more than $80 million in taxpayer funding for our campaign, the system has been so gamed and exploited by our opponents that it is effectively broken.
Instead, we declared our independence from a broken system, and we asked our supporters to join us in doing the same. Since that announcement five days ago, over 100,000 people have done just that, by donating what they can.
This is your chance to join them.
If you've never donated before, right now an existing donor will match your contribution and double your impact. If you've already donated, you can promise to match the gift of a first time donor, and your pledge could be what convinces them to give for the first time. You'll double your impact, and you'll get to see the name and town of the person you match. You can even exchange a personal note about why you've chosen to support Barack.
John McCain has built his fundraising strategy around taking public tax dollars while relying on high-dollar donors cutting huge checks to the RNC. What we're doing is different. With your help, we're creating a new model for publicly financed campaigns, a new model for citizen participation, and a new movement for change.
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