Accepted Quote by Mark Shields

Remember, the first presidential candidate to reject public financing for both the primary and general election was... Barack Obama, in 2008. He did it,…

— Jeff Greenfield

“What Obama was up against was a new form of permanent campaign. It was waged not by politicians but by people whose wealth gave…

— Jane Mayer

Much of the establishment was actually encouraging Obama to run in 2008.

— Harry Enten

Barack Obama was elected President in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. The natural thing would be to suggest money on the right [wing] doesn't…

— Jane Mayer

“Obama won, but he had few illusions that he had vanquished big money. “I’m an incumbent president who already had this huge network of…

— Jane Mayer

Obama's primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back. And they…

— Noam Chomsky

When I ran, I didn't have any money. Now, it requires raising hundreds of millions of dollars just to get the nomination, and I…

— Jimmy Carter

Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor.

— Lupe Fiasco

The top group of fundraisers for Mr. Obama raised $457,834 for his 2008 campaign - and were approved for federal grants and loans of…

— Jack Kelly

Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.

— Richard Armitage

President Obama came into office in '08 with the belief that - and the public's belief in him - that he was moderate, that…

— William M. Daley

Not only has President Bush broken his word on funding, he has not put in the effort required to turn this excellent idea into…

— Jamie Drummond