Category Archives: campaigns
“Pay-to-Play Rule Sticks Around for 2016”
jason Abel has written this oped for the LA Daily Journal.
“Dem candidate agrees with Trump over big-money influence”
The Hill:
Billionaire Donald Trump is telling every American who’ll listen how he buys their politicians, and Democratic presidential candidate Larry Lessig could not be happier.
“When Donald Trump stands up [and explains how he buys politicians]… the public are… Continue reading
“Larry Lessig, Real-Life Capra Star”
Cass Sunstein:
Nevertheless, Lessig is right to draw attention to the wide gulf between our aspirations to self-government and our actual practices. Corruption is a strong word, but it is captures the undue influence of those with money to throw… Continue reading
Super PAC Refund
Teddy Schleifer for CNN:
The second campaign began to unravel this summer, with the operation essentially abandoning its efforts in Iowa and New Hampshire. Doug Deason, the son of a $5 million donor to the Perry super PAC, said Perry’s… Continue reading
“Is Hillary’s New Campaign Finance Reform Plan the Real Deal?”
Justin Miller reports for TAP.
“Did this shady pro-Bernie Sanders super PAC just dupe James Bond?”
It’s the wild west out there.
‘New Hampshire Primary Source: Kasich backers say he filmed super PAC ads before becoming a candidate”
WMUR:
But proving that there is illegal coordination is tough. A plethora of FEC rules focus on three “prongs,” regarding payment, content and conduct.
Pro-candidate super PAC ads look very much like ads by the candidates’ campaign committees themselves.… Continue reading
“For Biden, calendar makes his 2016 decision tough to delay”
AP:
The process to get on the ballot varies greatly from state to state, creating a maze of requirements that campaigns must meet: petitions to be collected, signatures to be counted and notifications made to political parties, elections boards… Continue reading
“LLC loophole penalty could hinder NY donors”
Times Union:
A settlement struck in a lawsuit targeting the so-called “LLC loophole” in New York election law yielded a $10,000 penalty and could pave the way to future state cases challenging limited liability company donations.
Because this one… Continue reading
NYT Room for Debate Considers Third Party Candidates
“Sheldon Adelson Is Ready to Buy the Presidency. He just hasn’t decided which Republican candidate to back. Care to make a pitch?”
Just How Democratic is California? Republican Party Chair Leaves Out His Party in Announcing Senate Bid
Former chair of Republican Party Duf Sundheim announces his bid without mentioning he’s a Republican or his chairmanship of the CA Republican party. The closest he comes in an emailed press release is this:
In 2012, Sundheim reached across… Continue reading
“Conan O’Brien Tries to Give Lincoln Chafee a Lift in the Polls”
NYT:
Lincoln Chafee, the former Rhode Island governor, has failed to garner a single supporter in the last four national polls, which have queried a total of 1,475 Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters.
The latest poll came after Mr. Chafee got… Continue reading