“‘Candidates’ Driving Cash-Filled Trucks Through Campaign-Finance Loopholes”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
Category Archives: campaigns
“2016 Campaigns, Official or Not, Are Remade by ‘Super PACs’”
Must-read Front-page NYT piece by Nick Confessore and Eric Lichtblau:
In this new world, campaigns are not campaigns. And candidates are not actually candidates. Though they sometimes forget it.
“The Right Baits the Left to Turn Against Hillary Clinton”
Must-read NYT on Twitter and campaigns:
For months now, America Rising has sent out a steady stream of posts on social media attacking Mrs. Clinton, some of them specifically designed to be spotted, and shared, by liberals. The posts highlight… Continue reading
“Snapchat is going to be huge in 2016 — and regulators have no idea how to handle it”
“Hillary Clinton backers defend link to PAC”
Gabriel DeBenedtti at Politico with an important story on the “Correct the Record” coordination issue.
“Cash is not king: Jeb Bush’s Super PAC problem”
Anthony Gaughan has written this piece for The Conversation:
Thus, while Jeb Bush’s fund-raising numbers sound impressive by previous standards, his campaign war chest doesn’t scare anyone today. No candidate will monopolize Republican fund-raising in 2016. The flood of money… Continue reading
“Party Activists as Campaign Advertisers: The Ground Campaign as a Principal-Agent Problem”
Ryan Enos and Eitan Hersh have written this article for APSR. Here is the abstract:
As a key element of their strategy, recent Presidential campaigns have recruited thousands of workers to engage in direct voter contact. We conceive of this… Continue reading
“Bush money machine in high gear even without official campaign”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today:
Bush is not alone in advancing his presidential bid through a new crop of big-money groups authorized by a pair of federal court rulings, including the Supreme Court’sCitizens United decision in 2010. The ruling permitted… Continue reading
Jeb Bush’s Denials That He’s a Presidential Candidate Increasingly a Joke
Oops:
“I’m running for president in 2016, and the focus is gonna be about how we—if I run—how do you create high, sustained economic growth, where more people have a chance at earned success? And I will apply my… Continue reading
“Ethics Commissioner: Libby Mayor, City Council Violated Election Laws”
News from Montana:
The mayor of Libby and its city council violated Montana law in the days before the 2013 election, according to a new report from the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices.
In a decision handed down on May… Continue reading
“Meet the Man Who Invented the Super PAC”
TIME on David Keating.
“Obama Foundation walks fine line in efforts to raise $500 million”
Josh Gerstein for Politico.
“Hillary Clinton: the ‘Citizens United’ candidate”
Dave Levinthal for CPI.
“Jeb Bush is destroying our laughable campaign finance laws”
Taegan Goddard for The Week.
See also my earlier Slate piece, Jeb the Destroyer.