Category Archives: campaigns
“Could Lack of Money Be Trump’s Downfall?”
I have written this piece for CNN. It begins:
2016 was supposed to be the presidential election where big money didn’t matter.
After all, the shock-and-awe campaign of Jeb Bush’s Super PAC, with its nine-figure budget, was far less… Continue reading
It’s Even Worse Than It Looks (Trump’s Fundraising, That Is)
NYT:
Even the stark disparity in cash on hand may understate the desperate straits in which Mr. Trump finds himself. His fund-raising, led largely by the Republican National Committee, has slowed. He canceled a fund-raiser with 90 people in Boston… Continue reading
Will Trump Abandon RNC?
I am skeptical he could come close to self-funding his campaign. Hard to figure out the strategy here, if there is one.
“Donald Trump Vows to Match Up to $2 Million in Donations”
WSJ:
Tuesday’s fundraising email suggests Mr. Trump is unnerved by the substantial financial lead Mrs. Clinton holds over him. But donating up to $2 million next month to his campaign would not be a real departure for Mr. Trump,… Continue reading
“Donald Trump Far Behind Hillary Clinton in Campaign Cash”
NYT:
Donald J. Trump enters the general election campaign laboring under the worst financial and organizational disadvantage of any major party nominee in recent history, placing both his candidacy and party in political peril.
Mr. Trump began June with… Continue reading
“Leaked Guide Shows Clinton Staffers How to Solicit for Super PAC Without Breaking Pesky Rules”
The Intercept:
Sadly, however, there are still rules forbidding campaign staffers from explicitly asking the incredibly rich to give more than $5,000 to Super PACs like Priorities USA. They are loose rules, and rarely enforced rules, but they are… Continue reading
“Here’s why the RNC needs Donald Trump to step up his fundraising game”
Matea Gold for WaPo:
The Republican National Committee took on $2 million more debt in May as it finalized a joint fundraising agreement with Donald Trump’s campaign, underscoring how the real estate mogul’s lack of a fundraising structure has put … Continue reading
“The Kochs’ powerful operation isn’t aimed at helping Trump – but it might anyway”
Matea Gold reports for WaPo.
“Yes, Political Ads Are Still Important, Even for Donald Trump”
Lynn Vavreck for NYT’s The Upshot:
The evidence suggests that campaign ads have small effects that decay rapidly — very rapidly — but just enough of the impact accumulates to make running more advertising than your opponent seem a necessity.… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s big money bait-and-switch; Presumptive GOP nominee embracing super PACs, megadonors he once decried”
Dave Levinthal for CPI:
Now Trump is no longer spurning super PACs and eschewing tony private fundraisers tailor made for 1 percenters. Rather he’s tolerating, if not embracing, the post-Citizens United era of cash-flush politics that, until recently,… Continue reading
“‘It’s Pretty Lonely’: A Democratic Incumbent in a Sea of Texas Red”
Manny Fernandez for the NYT:
There are 29 statewide elected offices in Texas. Republicans control 28 of them. And then there’s Lawrence E. Meyers, 68, the senior judge on the state’s highest criminal court and the sole Democrat.
How… Continue reading
“The Presidential Candidates’, Super PACs’ and Parties’ May 20 Reports Give Clues for June 20”
Latest analysis from the Campaign Finance Institute.
“The Democratic Primary Wasn’t Rigged; But now Clinton and Sanders supporters should unite on making it easier to vote.”
Important Ari Berman piece in The Nation.