The Future of Public Financing

Up until now, public dollars have played an key role defraying the costs of a Presidential campaign…. But that could change this year – with major candidates already deciding to “opt out” of the system. We’ll explore the advantages and disadvantages of public financing. Laura's guests are John Rauh, president of "Americans for Campaign Finance Reform," a national, bi-partisan group promoting public funding of all federal elections, who was the was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate here in New Hampshire in 1992 and John Samples, Director of the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute and an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University.