The whole tone of this e-blast to potential contributers is one of dreadful, overweening pride and arrogance:

Dear Jim —

On Monday, everyone will be watching our fundraising totals to see if we can compete with the McCain campaign.

This month is the first test of our grassroots fundraising strategy since we declared our independence from the broken campaign finance system.

You can help build our organization and show that a movement of ordinary people giving only what they can afford is changing the way presidential campaigns are funded.

Now is the perfect time to step up and own a piece of this campaign. And if you make your first donation right now, you’ll receive a special gift.

Make a donation of $15 or more by midnight on Monday, June 30th, and show off your support with an Obama logo car magnet:

etc.

Note the “broken campaign finance system” — the trumped-up talking point that justifies his not honoring his pledge of only months ago.  When did it break?  Since then?  No?  Then at what point in that last few months did O. and his people decide it was broken?

Note the ridiculous, mendacious “to see if we can compete with the McCain campaign,” after he broke his pledge only when it became clear he was swamping McCain with money.