Category Archives: campaigns
“California businessman pushes ballot measure for NASCAR-style disclosure”
Carla Marinucci for Politico:
Business executive John Cox, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House and Senate in Illinois, has moved one step closer to placing an initiative on the ballot that would require state legislators to wear… Continue reading
“Super PAC Donors Are Taking Charge; Unlike 2012, backers of Republican presidential candidates now seeking to keep a tighter grasp on their funds”
“Super PACs: The Law and the Politics”
Bauer worth your time this am.
“‘Super PACs’ Still Have Time to Serve as Candidates’ Attack Dogs”
Maggie Haberman for the NYT:
Months after it became clear that “super PACs” could not, in fact, supplant the core functions of a campaign, several of the unlimited-money groups that are backing presidential candidates are reverting to 2012 form —… Continue reading
“Two Joseph Deters on Hamilton County ballot”
“Millions of Voter Records Posted, and Some Fear Hacker Field Day”
“The Political Consultant Racket”
Adam Sheingate NYT oped:
Political consultants earn fees and commissions by turning the billions of dollars given to candidates, political parties and “super PACs” — like Mr. Bush’s Right to Rise — into the products and services of contemporary campaigns,… Continue reading
“How the Koch network rivals the GOP”
Ken Vogel in Politico:
Koch and his brother David Koch have quietly assembled, piece by piece, a privatized political and policy advocacy operation like no other in American history that today includes hundreds of donors and employs 1,200 full-time, year-round… Continue reading
“As TV Ad Rates Soar, ‘Super PACs’ Pivot to Core Campaign Work”
NYT:
The shift away from the broadcast television buys that had been the groups’ main role in past presidential campaigns is among the most significant developments in outside political spending since the Supreme Court’s 2010Citizens United decision, which… Continue reading
“SEC can still work on a corporate political disclosure rule”
“Clinton campaign sweats out data breach damage”
Politico:
Accusing your opponent of committing evil and unpardonable crimes is basic presidential campaign jujitsu. But Hillary’s Clinton’s team is genuinely jittery about the sneak peek taken by Bernie Sanders staffers into their secret voter file.
The unauthorized fishing expedition… Continue reading
“Sanders’s Campaign Says It’s Outpacing Obama’s Record for Donations”
NYT:
Shortly after the Democratic presidential primary debate on Saturday night, Senator Bernie Sanders’s campaign announced that he had outpaced Barack Obama’s record for the number of contributions in a presidential race, with more than 2.2 million donations.
Mr.… Continue reading
“Hospitality and Gambling Interests Delay Closing of Billion-Dollar Tax Loophole”
NYT:
In the span of a mere 11 days this month, $1 billion in future federal tax payments vanished.
As congressional leaders were hastily braiding together a tax and spending bill of more than 2,000 pages, lobbyists swooped in… Continue reading