“RNC Growth And Opportunity Project Report Advises Super PACs”

Paul Blumenthal:

Spend less on negative advertising and spend more on ground game. Target young voters, especially young women. Build a national database that includes e-mail and cell phone numbers. And, above all else, learn to work together.

These were all suggestions in the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) 100-page Growth and Opportunity Project report released on Monday, detailing what went wrong in the 2012 election and how to set the party in the right direction for future elections. Except these were not recommendations for the RNC, but recommendations by the RNC for the network of independent political groups that have exploded in size and number since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling opened the door for unlimited independent spending.

The litany of suggestions are notable in this very public report because election law forbids the GOP from certain crucial types of private coordination with these groups. By publicly airing its recommendations, the RNC can legally pass on suggestions to groups from Karl Rove’s Crossroads to the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity and even the insurgent Club for Growth — suggestions that include spending and tactical advice that would otherwise be against the law if shared privately.

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