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It's been less than two days since he crossed the delegate threshold to become the Democratic presidential nominee and Sen. Barack Obama's mark on the party is already being felt.
On Good Morning America Thursday, ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent George Stephanopoulos reported "the Democratic National Committee will no longer accept contributions from federal lobbyists, will no longer take contributions from PACs" in keeping with Obama's well-publicized policy.
UPDATE: DNC issues a statement:
"The DNC and the Obama Campaign are unified and working together to elect Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. Our presumptive nominee has pledged not to take donations from Washington lobbyists and from today going forward the DNC makes that pledge as well," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. "Senator Obama has promised to change the way things are done in Washington and this step is a sure sign of his commitment. The American people's priorities will set the agenda in an Obama Administration, not the special interests."
Well, I'll believe it when I see it, so ask me again in 4 years. I hope it is true and I would hope Republicans would do something similar but as Ben Franklin once said, "Well done is always better than well said".
I also wander if he still wilkl stick to not accepting federal matching funds if Mccain doesn't ;which McCain agreed to.Money could get tight in general election with all those promises to keep.
Gee, will they stop taking teacher and health care union contribution money as well? I'd love to see that!
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