I wouldn’t be surprised if this election ends up signaling the practical end of public financing for presidential elections:

“This is uncharted territory,” said Kenneth M. Goldstein, the director of the Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin. “We’ve certainly seen heavy advertising battles before. But we’ve never seen in a presidential race one side having such a lopsided advantage.”

I’m sure they’ll still have it, but after this, who would take it? Then again what GOP candidate can you think of other than John McCain who ever would’ve taken it in the first place?