Nobody Wants Public Funding for Campaigns

It seems that few if any candidates for the '08 presidential race are going to accept public funding (and the limitations thereof). Joe Biden is the latest to opt out:

Sen. Joe Biden will join several of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination in opting out of the public funding program for both the 2008 primaries and general election, a Biden spokeswoman tells CNN.

He might as well give up public campaigning while he's at it, because he doesn't have a prayer of winning. The only guys likely to accept public funding are guys like Dennis Kucinich or Al Sharpton (if he gets in) - candidates who don't have any money on their own and look at the public funding as an ATM to fund an extravagent but brief campaign lifestyle.