“Donald Trump Might Not Keep Paying for His Campaign Himself, Chris Christie Suggests”
Maggie Haberman for the NYT.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid”
“More Complaints about Super PACs”
“Without an Instant Runoff, Trump Favored to Win GOP Nomination”
Rob Richie crunches the numbers.
“Does Ben Carson Suspect His Campaign Was a Scam?”
A bizarre aspect to what has so far been the strangest presidential election I can remember.
“Candidates Decry Political Money, but Change Is Unlikely”
“Defying ‘outsider’ label, some lobbyists give to Trump, Cruz and Sanders”
The Hill:
It may be one of the smallest clubs in Washington.
A handful of lobbyists around town have made a show of support to the “outsider” candidates running for the White House in 2016: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bernie… Continue reading
“Why Big Business is Brushing off Campaign Trail Rage”
Bloomberg Businessweek:
This is a different kind of election year, full of contempt for Big Business. Billionaire flamethrower Donald Trump, who leads the Republican field, has gone after Ford Motor, Kraft Foods, and Apple, among others, for making things… Continue reading
“Does Money Really Matter in Politics?”
Breaking: 6th Circuit Holds Ohio False Campaign Speech Law Violates 1st Amendment: A Constitutional Right to Lie in Campaigns
A unanimous 6th Circuit panel in the Susan B. Anthony case, on remand from the Supreme Court, has struck down Ohio’s false campaign speech laws as unconstitutional. There was an earlier 6th Circuit case, Pestrak, which had upheld Ohio’s laws,… Continue reading
“Mega-donors shy away from fight with Trump”
Pity the billionaires who are afraid of a bully.
Trump Voters, the South, and Slavery
Lynn Vavreck for NYT’s The UpShot:
According to P.P.P., 70 percent of Mr. Trump’s voters in South Carolina wish the Confederate battle flag were still flying on their statehouse grounds. (It was removed last summer less than a month after… Continue reading
“Campaign finance activists try to explain Jeb Bush’s $130 million fail”
“Univision Aims to Make Hispanic Voting Bloc Even More Formidable”
NYT:
The company, including its top-rated Spanish-language network and many subsidiaries, is making an ambitious nationwide effort aimed at registering about three million new Latino voters this year, roughly the same number who have come of voting age since… Continue reading