“U.S. Senator Disenfranchised By Iowa Caucus Rules”
The caucus process is indefensible.
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“Trump Condemns Cruz’s ‘Most Disgraceful’ Voter Violation Mailers”
“White House race nearing $1 billion; Big-money super PACs have raised almost half of presidential cash”
“Diluting the Power of Big Money”
Renee Loth column for the Boston Globe.
“The Power of the Super-PAC Wanes as Trump Prepares for Iowa Test”
“Adelson begins to play with his new toy”
Ralston reports:
Once upon a time, The Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial page was a bastion of libertarianism, arguing, among other things, that public money should not be used to subsidize stadium projects.
But on Sunday, after prominent stories given… Continue reading
“Trump’s Pitch Highlights that Ballots are Secret”
Political Wire highlights this aspect of a NYT report on tomorrow’s Iowa caucus. There’s no secret ballot on the Democratic side.
Why does this matter that Republican votes are secret? We’ve seen it before: people are sometimes reluctant to… Continue reading
“The Jeb Bush Hatchet Man Who Might Accidentally Elect Donald Trump”
Jeb Bush Super PAC fundraising may matter, but not in the way you might think.
Talk of Clinton Indictment Fueling Legal (But Mostly Political) Questions
Mike Allen’s Playbook leads with Peter Baker’s comments on CNN: re Hillary emails: “Her problem at this point is NOT the Republicans. Her problem is the FBI and the Obama Justice Department. And what Democrats are quietly, absolutely petrified about… Continue reading
“The New Anti-Sanders Super PAC Is Funded By Anti-Clinton Donors”
Some three-dimensional chess from Joe Ricketts:
About a week ago, a super PAC bankrolled by a wealthy conservative donorannounced that it would run an ad attacking Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for being too far along the ideological spectrum.
The… Continue reading
“The Koch Network Has Already Spent $400 Million In Run-Up To 2016”
Tarini Parti reports for Buzzfeed from the Koch meeting in CA.
Koch’s comments at a resort in the California desert were part of his opening remarks for the annual winter meeting of the network, which intends to spend $889 million… Continue reading
“Sanders Campaign Introduces Text-to-Donate App”
“Politics and Policy Series – The New Wild West: Money and the 2016 US Presidential Election”
This looks good at the New School in NY:
Witness and question a highly influential panel of campaign operatives as they discuss the new Wild West world of campaign finance:
– Zach Allen, Democratic fundraising consultant
– Raj Goyle, Member,… Continue reading
“Hot First Amendment Topics: Campaign Finance and the 2016 Election”
This looks like a great lineup for a program by the ABA Section on Civil Rights and Social Justice:
We will explore a number of hot topics in the constantly evolving world of federal campaign finance, including the role of… Continue reading