The Unity 08 independents are launching campaign called the “Clean Money Pledge� on their website asking voters to pledge to only vote for presidential candidates who raise the majority of his/her campaign war chests in small-dollar contributions.
You can read the group’s pledge here. This is the explanation as to why this is important. They offer this FAQ on the importance of clean money (in contrast to the FU candidates often reply when asked about only using clean money). And this is the letter Unity is sending to prospective candidates letting them know that they’re serious.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.