Quote of the Day, Poor Donald Trump Billionaire Edition
This whole Super PAC scam is very unfair to a person like me who has disavowed all PAC's & is self-funding.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 26, 2015
Category Archives: campaigns
“Super PAC launches ‘Let’s Talk Hillary’ to reveal a softer side of Clinton”
“Bush super PAC considering staff for early voting states”
“Paul Ryan Says Corporate Lobbyist Would Be Chief Of Staff If He Becomes House Speaker”
“GOP moneymen: Ryan a fundraising juggernaut; His cash network will more than compensate for weekends at home, allies say. “
Politico:
But party officials are already plotting creative ways to compensate for Ryan’s demand for family time. Boehner held a lot of fundraisers on the golf course. Ryan isn’t a golfer. So instead of a five-hour event playing golf,… Continue reading
“Which kinds of campaign donations lead to more polarized legislatures? You’ll be surprised by the answer.”
Michael Barber at the Monkey Cage:
As I discovered in my new research, forthcoming at the Journal of Politics, lower contribution limits can lead either to more moderate legislatures or to more polarized legislatures. It all depends on… Continue reading
“FEC’s Goodman Pushes to Ease Party Rules”
Bloomberg BNA:
A Republican-backed initiative to ease regulations on political parties is set to be discussed at the Federal Election Commission’s Oct. 29 meeting and will test whether FEC commissioners, sharply divided over a range of issues, will rally… Continue reading
“Donald Trump tells super PACs supporting his candidacy to return all money to donors”
WaPo:
Donald Trump has asked the nine super PACs that appear to support his presidential campaign to stop raising money using his name, likeness and slogans and to return any donations they have already received. Trump then challenged his… Continue reading
“Conservative PACs Attack Republicans, and It Pays”
NYT:
“This is clearly an organized effort and an attempt by these groups to raise money for themselves,” said Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, who added that she was the target of a similar attack during the 2013… Continue reading
Same as It Ever Was Dep’t
“One Ron Paul staffer convicted, another acquitted”
Des Moines Register:
The high-profile trial of two former Ron Paul presidential campaign staffers accused of buying an Iowa senator’s endorsement and then lying about it ended Thursday with a muddled verdict from a jury stuck at an impasse.
The… Continue reading
“Pro-Trump super PAC shutting down amid questions about ties to Trump campaign”
WaPo reports:
A super PAC with ties to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is shutting down in an effort to put an end to building questions about the closeness of the two operations, the group’s lead consultant said Thursday.
After… Continue reading
Stat of the Day
“Jeb raised only three times as much from small donors as did Lawrence Lessig, the semi-obscure Harvard professor, running as a Democrat, who was too fringey to be invited to a debate that featured Lincoln Chaffee, who had only 29… Continue reading
“Full interview: Charles Koch”
Marketplace talked with Charles Koch for an hour. Here is a bit on the planned political spending:
Ryssdal: So if you feel that way, and if you’re spending, the Koch brothers writ large are spending so much money on politics,… Continue reading