Money makes the vorld go 'round, the vorld go 'round, the vorld go 'round!

The commentariat and various elements of the blogospher made a mockery of the Kerry campaign's suggestion that the nominee not accept the nomination in July in Boston, and instead put it off until later in the summer, closer to when Bush accepts his party's nomination. The reason is that once the nominee accepts the nomination, he gets a check, financed by citizens who checked the box on their income tax return to fund the general election campaign. Remarkably, enough citizens did just that to entitle each candidate to a check for $75 million.

But once the checks are handed out, the candidates cannot raise or spend any other money.

I think Kerry's idea of tactically delaying acceptance was a good one, showing the kind of fiscal flexibility and creativity we're in short supply of in the White House these days. But, alas, the so-called liberal media shot it down like a helium balloon and the campaign backed quickly away from it.

Soooo, time's running out. You know what to do. Go here, citizens.