Potemkin Convention

A Wall Street Journal editorial on Opinion Journal details why Kerry’s nomination gambit makes a mockery of campaign finance reform:

Of course, the late July date [for the convention] was the Democratic Party's own choice--and it was selected precisely so it would let the nominee accept matching federal campaign funds a month earlier than President Bush, who will be nominated in late August. The assumption had been that the Democratic candidate would have run out of cash by this summer, but Mr. Kerry has been raising more money than he expected. In other words, Mr. Kerry embraced the rules when they helped him but now wants to ignore them when they don't.

Sounds about right for Senator Splunge.