Category Archives: campaigns
How mega-donors helped raise $1 billion for Hillary Clinton”
WaPo:
The effort paid off. Together with the party and pro-Clinton super PACs, the Democratic nominee had amassed $1.14 billion to support her campaign by the end of September — on par with what Obama and his allies brought in… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s Threat to Reject Election Results Alarms Scholars”
Max Fisher for the NYT.
“Outside Money Favors Hillary Clinton at a 2-to-1 Rate Over Donald Trump”
NYT:
Six years after a Supreme Court decision opened vast new channels for money to flow into national elections, Democrats have built the largest and best-coordinated apparatus of outside groups operating in the 2016 presidential campaign, defying expectations that conservative… Continue reading
“Ballot selfies: A look at where they are allowed or not”
“Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer: Hispanic Dems ‘Don’t Get Out And Vote’”
Self-defeating prophecy?
Gabriel Debenedetti: The @AZDemParty now raising $ for Latino GOTV off Jan Brewer’s claim to @mviser that Hispanics “don’t get out & vote” (“challenge accepted”)
“Souter warned of a Trump-like candidate in prescient remarks”
Hedge Fund Manager Gives $21 Million to Pro-Clinton Super-PAC, Pushing Campaign Finance Reform
Matea Gold for WaPo on an unusual plutocrat:
The Florida-based investor said he has contributed $40 million to Democratic super PACs and allied groups in 2016, double what he had planned to spend at the beginning of the election. He… Continue reading
“Disclosure can encourage political speech”
Abby Wood and Michael Gilbert in the Hill:
Disclosure can encourage speech. It provides information on candidates’ positions—are they supported by environmentalists or coal? The answer can energize voters who previously lumped the candidates together, causing them to speak in… Continue reading
“In the Nixon-Humphrey election, I refused to vote for the ‘lesser of two evils.’ That was a mistake”
My colleague Henry Weinstein has written this LA Times oped.
“‘Bush v. Gore’ Lawyers Sound Off on Trump’s Debate Comments”
Libertarian Party of CO Challenging State’s Ballot Selfie Law
On KCRW’s To the Point: “Would Divided Government Mean Gridlock?”
I was a guest on this show with the great Warren Olney:
GOP candidates point with alarm at Hillary Clinton’s Supreme Court nominees, free college tuition and “Big Government” that’s bigger than ever. Advocates for Republicans are almost saying… Continue reading
“The Latest Subject Of A James O’Keefe Sting Wants The Full Videos Released”
Sam Stein reports for HuffPo.