Edwards adviser Joe Trippi cites the potential opponent of McCain as a justification for Edwards taking matching $$$
The debate within Senator McCain’s campaign on the vital question of whether to accept public matching funds, now - albeit indirectly - has received some observations from one of the unlikeliest sources. Namely, Joe Trippi, the maestro of the Howard Dean campaign in 2004, and now a top adviser to John Edwards, one of Dean’s opponents in that cycle.
On Monday, October 1, according to Chris Cilizza of the Washington Post’s The Fix column, here was what Trippi had to say about McCain, given the decision of Edwards to take the matching funds. You can contact Election Night HQ at ….