Hang-'em-highTexas, byfinancing drug-treatment and mental-healthservicesandimprovingpost-releasesupervision, has dramaticallyslowed the rateofgrowthof its prison population.
That prompted his decision to turn down federal financing for his campaigns, bringing an end to the post-Watergate reforms, and leading to reliance on the Super PACs he once criticized.
Obama would be the first major presidential candidate to drop out of the modern campaign financing system for the general election since its creation in 1976 in the post-Watergate era.