]> http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2008/01/02/the-speech-in-question Comments for "The Speech in Question" en http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2008/01/02/the-speech-in-question North Carolina was the first state to pass a law offering an option for state judicial candidates to seek office using a full public financing system. Participation in the program has been high and public response has been sufficient to advance campaigns to offer a full public financing option for other races in the state. But a group is challenging North Carolina&#39;s law with the dubious &quot;free speech&quot; argument which a group of judges says misses the <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/columns/story/852448.html">entire point of the program.</a> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:03:34 -0500