“Top GOP financiers coalescing around Trump-RNC fundraising effort”
Matea Gold for WaPo.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Wall Street Lobbyists Decide Against Pushing Trump for Specifics — for Now”
Big Money Affects All Candidates Besides Me Dep’t
NYT:
But during the lead-up to this year’s New Hampshire primary, Mr. Trump repeatedly pointed to Mr. Johnson as an example of the type of donor whose special interest money he was not interested in.
“First of all, I actually… Continue reading
“Presidential race blows past $1 billion mark — and other numbers to know”
“Sting of Myself; Amateurish Spies Like James O’Keefe III Attempt to Sway the 2016 Election”
Must-read Jane Mayer in the New Yorker.
“Eyeing Senate, Clinton directing money to 2016 battlegrounds”
“G.O.P. Donors Shift Focus From Top of Ticket to Senate Races”
“Here’s how a wealthy Trump supporter could give $783,400 to support his campaign and the RNC”
“U.S. Chamber Launches Campaign to Bolster Republican Senate Races”
“Bill Weld, Running as a Libertarian, Likens Donald Trump’s Immigration Plan to Kristallnacht”
NYT:
William F. Weld, the twice-elected former Republican governor of Massachusetts, who was last seen campaigning in the 2006 Republican primary for governor of New York, now hopes to be on a national ticket as the vice-presidential nominee of… Continue reading
“‘Dark money,’ billionaires behind anti-Donald Trump ad barrage”
“Confronting the Results of Citizens United; Wisconsin case now before the Supreme Court highlights just how much the justices got wrong.”
Brendan Fischer writes for Bill Moyers.
“De Blasio’s Elections Strategy, Under Scrutiny, Recalls Predecessor’s”
NYT:
Yet the current investigations focus less on the flow of money than on whether Mr. de Blasio’s team went too far in trying to direct it.
Contributions to individual candidates are capped at a relatively low level. But… Continue reading
“Bernie Sanders, Eyeing Convention, Willing to Harm Hillary Clinton in the Homestretch”
NYT:
While Mr. Sanders says he does not want Mr. Trump to win in November, his advisers and allies say he is willing to do some harm to Mrs. Clinton in the shorter term if it means he can capture… Continue reading