We've touched on former presidential candidate and former Gov. Mitt Romney's (R-MA) now he does/now he doesn't support for public financing of elections, principally in the context of his work as Governor to abolish the voter-approved Clean Elections system in Massachusetts.  Here, Romney talks to PolitickerME before a speech at Maine Republican Convention, and comes out against public financing of elections, while saying he's not familiar with Maine's Clean Elections program.

The Worcester Telegram chides Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Chris Gabrielli for opting out of the public financing system, claiming he's "fail[ed] his first test of public policymaking"

Eileen McNamara at the Boston Globe focuses on the gubernatorial race in Massachusetts to argue that since the repeal of the state's Clean Elections Law, elections are even more the province of the wealthy and connected.