Category Archives: campaigns
“Does Donald Trump Have Standing to Keep Ted Cruz off of the Ballot?”
Josh Douglas blogs. I hope to find time to respond soon.
“Super PAC moves to ramp up financial firepower for Clinton”
WaPo:
Two powerful organizations within the Democratic establishment announced steps Friday that have the potential to provide substantial financial firepower to presidential contender Hillary Clinton by drawing on the support of wealthy donors and corporate interests.
While providing a… Continue reading
Trump Tweets That He has Standing to Sue Cruz Over His Natural Born Citizenship Status
Trump:
If @TedCruz doesn’t clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2016
It is possible that… Continue reading
“Karl Rove Bamboozles the I.R.S.”
“The new frontier of voter tracking”
Marketplace:
The New Hampshire presidential primary may be over, but there are many primaries coming up in other states around the country and voters will likely turn out in droves to cast their ballots.
One company is tracking voter… Continue reading
“Sanders’s claim that he ‘does not have a super PAC’”
WaPo Fact Checker:
Sanders has not exploited the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, but is still reaping its benefits. There’s not much Sanders could do to stop outside groups, but he hasn’t actively denounced their help, either. He would… Continue reading
“How Bernie built a fundraising juggernaut”
Vogel:
Indeed, Sanders’ campaign has melded its fundraising into its core mission in a way that is without precedent in American political history. It’s more than a means to an end. It is the purpose of his campaign ―… Continue reading
“Is Donald Trump self-funding his campaign? Sort of”
Politifact rates the claim “half-true.”
“Clinton allies forming group to protect, register voters”
I Talk to Above the Law About Dirty Tricks, Money in Politics and More
Listen to the scintillating conversation with Elie Mystal and Joe Patrice.
“Funny or Die Made a Trump Biopic, Starring Johnny Depp”
NYT:
The humor website Funny or Die on Wednesday began streaming a 50-minute comedy that finds Mr. Depp portraying the businessman turned politician, full-blown comb-over and all. Kept a secret for months — no small task in Hollywood —… Continue reading
“The great money-in-politics myth”
Dylan Matthews for Vox.
Sanders is the most vocal exponent of this critique currently, but he’s hardly the only one. At least since the progressive movement of the early 1900s, a prominent strain of American liberalism has identified the undue… Continue reading
“Trump, Sanders Wins Not Seen as Clearing Way for Third-Party Run”
Bloomberg (!):
I’s not clear whether the climate of anger would be favorable to a third-party bid being considered by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who told the Financial Times on the eve of the New Hampshire vote that… Continue reading