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According to Bob Woodward's The Choice : "Morris was so anxious for Clinton to have as much money as possible for political advertising on television that he proposed that Clinton forgo federal matching funds of some $15 million so the president would not have to abide by the approximately $30 million limit on fund raising during the primary season."
His best way to navigate this dilemma is by subtly encouraging Democrats to hold out for terms so soft that Republicans can't abide them.
To which host Tim Russert replied, "Why won't you abide by the 11 th Amendment and stop criticizing George W. Bush?"
As the head of state and a living symbol of a system, which, in the name of justice, imposes laws upon and claims the right to exercise coercive power over all Americans, the president has a special duty--higher than that of an ordinary citizen--to abide by the rules that the system imposes.
Mandatory standards enlarge government power to penalize makers who don't abide by the rules and also give U.S.