In an earlier post, I described how Sen. Claire McCaskill’s Politico oped shows how it is possible to get outside groups to follow your lead without breaking the coordination rules. The post was a response to a tweet by… Continue reading

“Ideally, I would resign in a day.” –Larry Lessig, quoted in Politico, Dissent in Bernie Sanders’ camp; The candidacy of Sanders adviser Larry Lessig could complicate matters.  

Sen. Claire McCaskill on her strategy to boost Akin in the Republican primaries: My consultants put together a $1.7 million plan. Four weeks out we would begin with a television ad boosting Akin, which my campaign consultant Mike Muir dubbed… Continue reading

WSJ reports.

WaPo on Perry. I still expect Perry to be out sooner rather than later. Unlike Gingrich 2012, Perry is both polling lower and has more competition.

WaPo: As part of an escalating feud with the Democratic National Committee, longshot presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley on Tuesday released a memo from a campaign lawyer calling the party’s debate plan “legally problematic.” O’Malley, the former Maryland governor, has… Continue reading

Teddy Schleifer reports for CNN.

I talk with Mike Sacks of NLJ about the presidential run.  My earlier coverage and thoughts are here.

Bloomberg BNA on the inevitable development: While the great majority of money contributed to super political action committees supporting the 2016 presidential candidates has come from wealthy individuals, including business executives, millions of dollars in super PAC contributions also came… Continue reading

Interesting development. It seems pretty clear that his agenda would be that to push through campaign finance reform (and perhaps then step aside after that, as he had suggested for someone to do in his book). The first question I’d… Continue reading

CPI: Midway through the debate, Fox News co-moderator Bret Baier explained that Donald Trump has given money to numerous Democrats over the years. Baier then noted that Trump has previously stated that politicians do favors for contributions. “You better… Continue reading