John Kerry is considering delaying his acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s July convention so that he can keep spending the millions of dollars that he raised during the primaries, The Associated Press has learned. If Kerry were to delay acceptance of his nomination for a month, he would even the playing field with President Bush, who is planning to accept the nomination at the Republican National Convention five weeks later. The party convention would still be held at the end of July, but Kerry would officially accept the nomination at a later date under such a plan. Kerry and Bush are expected to use federal funding for their general election campaign and will be limited to spending the roughly $75 million in federal funds given to each candidate once they accept the nomination. At that point, neither candidate would be able to raise or spend private funds. "We are looking at this and many other options very seriously because we won’t fight with one hand behind our back," Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said Friday.
More at the link. All sorts of conspiracy theories abound now (involving Hillery, as you might imagine), but even at face value, it looks like another Democrat attempt at changing the rules in the middle of the game. |