Category Archives: campaigns
“Trump open to taking big and small campaign contributions”
WaPo:
Business mogul Donald Trump said Sunday that although he can self-finance his campaign, he is open to taking campaign contributions big and small — but that the money he receives will not come with expectations of political favors.… Continue reading
Anonymous Plaintiff Seeks TRO in MS to Stop Investigation of Anonymous Campaign Mailer
Jackson Jambalaya reports. Thus Blogged Anderson has more on MS’s response.
“Super PAC’s ‘Why Jeb’ mailer gives Bush one white hand and one black hand due to photoshop fail “
“Ky. GOP rule change allows Paul to run for Senate amid his White House bid”
Dirty Tricks Against Clinton Campaign
More despicable conduct:
A Clinton campaign official alleges that the women engaged in several efforts to entrap supporters. In one scheme, described by Clinton staff, a woman attempted to pass a cash donation to Clinton volunteers and interns. In another,… Continue reading
Why is Deez Nuts Surging?
Fun Trip Gabriel piece:
Supporters who picked up the Deez Nuts meme tweeted to Public Policy Polling, a nonscientific polling operation, asking it to add him to its surveys, and it did. In head-to-head matchups with Donald J. Trump and… Continue reading
“Another Way to Mask Super Rich Donors”
Bloomberg:
In January, Ted Cruz’s quest for the presidency got help from a limited liability company called V3 231. The LLC was listed as the source of a $250,000 donation to a super PAC supporting the conservative Republican senator… Continue reading
“Lawrence Lessig: Running on Empty Campaign Finance Reform”
“End Citizens United PAC wants to make its name a reality”
MSNBC:
The group plans on setting up an independent expenditure arm sometime early next year to financially back the candidates through initiatives including television ads, direct mailers and polling.
While End Citizens United also hopes to help enact campaign finance… Continue reading
“Google could ‘rig the 2016 election,’ researcher says”
CNN:
The world’s most-used search engine is so powerful and national elections are so tight, that even a tiny tweak in Google’s (GOOGL, Tech30) secret algorithm could swing the 2016 presidential election, according to Robert… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton campaign fundraisers: Cash bar only?”
Squeeze every hard money dollar.
“Deez Nuts is running for president”
As if we didn’t know that already.
But just look at the results of this PPP poll in NC:
Q32 If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump, and independent Deez Nuts who… Continue reading
Must-Read Maggie Haberman on Hillary Clinton and #BlackLivesMatter
Fascinating window into what appears to be a more genuine take by Hillary Clinton on race issues.