Category Archives: campaigns
“Professor Lessig’s Suspension of his Candidacy and the Reform Agenda”
Shaun McCutcheon Wants to Be a Donald Trump Delegate
“The Donald On ‘SNL’: Equal Time Isn’t Needed The FCC rule was meant to foster debate, but today is more likely to chill it.”
Babette Boliek and Derek Muller oped in the WSJ:
Holding a small number of broadcast stations and cable and satellite operators to a century-old standard makes little sense. Given the few situations that now trigger the equal-time doctrine, the explosion… Continue reading
“Trump courted mega-donors he now scorns; The candidate quietly wooed Sheldon Adelson, Paul Singer and the Koch brothers”
Politico reports.
NYT:
During the conversation, the person briefed on the discussion said, Mr. Adelson told Mr. Trump that his most important issue when considering a candidate is the safety of Israel. Mr. Trump then emphasized his personal and… Continue reading
“Super PACs, Outside Groups Dominate GOP ’16 Ad Spending”
NBC News:
A whopping 95 percent of the TV ad spending in the Republican presidential race has come from outside groups and Super PACs, while just 5 percent comes from the actual campaigns, according to an NBC News analysis… Continue reading
“Mainers bolster clean election law”
AP:
Mainers have approved changes aimed at bolstering the state’s campaign finance rules and clean election law.
The proposal will make more money available to qualifying candidates, increase fines for violators of the campaign finance laws and require groups… Continue reading
“Bush, Clinton benefit from lobbying gray area; Influence industry plays key role in raising funds for the campaigns”
Politico:
The influence industry is playing a larger role than meets the eye in raising money for Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush.
Campaigns are required to file reports detailing registered lobbyists who round up donations, but that number is… Continue reading
“Small Donors Are Clicking More With Democrats Than Republicans”
NYT:
The differing approaches between Mr. Sanders and Mr. Carson reflect a wider divide between the two parties. The Democrats, largely through ActBlue and the digital efforts of individual campaigns, have gained a cultural and technological edge in developing a… Continue reading
What Does Charles Koch Want for His Big Campaign Money?
NYT:
The normally press-shy Mr. Koch, who has made a string of recent media appearances to promote his book, “Good Profit,” is helping raise hundreds of millions of dollars this year for conservative political and philanthropic causes, some… Continue reading
More Hints from @Lessig of Independent Presidential Bid
Lessig Blog post: (my emphasis)
But I will regret forever not having a real chance at the debates to press the one real issue that is before us as a democracy, and that the other candidates just are not addressing:… Continue reading
“School Board Recalls: At least 307 attempted since 2012; 24 officials kicked out, 21 resigned, 13 survived vote”
Recall Elections Blog:
Once again, a recall election is arguably the most fascinating election of the year. As opposed to some of the past famous recalls, the big one this year is for a minor political position: three School… Continue reading
@Lessig Leaves Democratic Primary Quest, Does Not Expressly Foreclose Independent Bid
“Bill puts veil over campaign funding in Wisconsin”
Patrick Marley for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
A bill that has passed the Assembly and could be considered by the state Senate as early as Tuesday would make it much harder for citizens to learn the background of who is financing… Continue reading