Greg Sargent: I’m skeptical of Sanders’s case that Obama could have gotten a lot more than he did or that his explanation accounts for why Obama did achieve what he did. I’m also skeptical of Sanders’s case that he can… Continue reading

He’d hold a constitutional convention to overturn Citizens United, but favors unlimited contributions with disclosure. Huh?  If you allow unlimited contributions, you allow Super PACs (unless his constitutional amendment would allow only candidates to accept unlimited contributions—an incumbency protection measure… Continue reading

Politico: The 100 biggest donors of 2016 cycle have spent $195 million trying to influence the presidential election ― more than the $155 million spent by the 2 million smallest donors combined — according to a POLITICO analysis of… Continue reading

MSNBC: A lavish Martha’s Vineyard Democratic fundraiser that Bernie Sanders attended in 2007 featured lobbyists for many of the industries he now rails against on the presidential campaign trail, according to a guest list obtained by MSNBC. The Vermont… Continue reading

Teddy Schleifer for CNN: A super PAC spending millions of dollars to bash Ted Cruz’s Republican rivals is shielding the names of many of its top donors and strategists, accepting and directing donations through a particularly high number of hard-to-trace… Continue reading

Peter Overby reports for NPR.

NYT: What remains is a quintessentially Trumpian endeavor that blurs the line between campaigning and brand-building and complicates Mr. Trump’s claims that he is funding his own White House campaign. About three-quarters of Mr. Trump’s total campaign spending has either… Continue reading