Category Archives: campaigns
“Libertarians, Greens ready lawsuit against Commission on Presidential Debates”
Weigel:
The Libertarian Party and Green Party and their 2012 candidates for president are readying a legal complaint against the Commission on Presidential Debates, hoping that a new legal argument — an anti-trust argument — will break the “duopoly” that’s… Continue reading
“Republican ‘Super PACs’ Turn to TV Ads for High-Stakes Primaries”
“Bernie Sanders Would Be The Big Winner In New Public-Funding Model”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“Presidential super PACs push campaign limits”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today:
The rules on what amounts to coordination, however, are so narrowly defined that super PACs are increasingly acting as shadow campaigns — deploying staff to early voting states, financing feel-good biographical ads to introduce the… Continue reading
The Future of the Party and Campaign Finance — A Response to Bob Bauer
(with Joey Fishkin, University of Texas Law School)
Bob Bauer just offered a thoughtful and engaging commentary on our work and a new report by the Brennan Center, both focused on the relationship between the political parties and campaign finance.… Continue reading
“The Warnings About The Supreme Court’s Dangerous Campaign Finance Ruling Are Now Coming True”
Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo:
During courtroom debate over the McCutcheon decision, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli expressed concern that political parties could create joint fundraising committees to allow a single candidate to solicit a $1 million-plus contribution, which could be distributed… Continue reading
“New study shows potential impact of a small donor matching program on 2016 presidential race”
Release:
Candidates in the 2016 presidential race would see a dramatic shift in their fundraising, and have a powerful incentive to focus more on small donors under a proposed small donor public financing system, according to a study released… Continue reading
“What Happens To All That SuperPAC Money When A Candidate Drops Out”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“A few new faces — but not many — among megadonors to presidential super PACs”
Center for Responsive Politics:
While there are no complete ingenues among the rosters of top donors to the super PACs, which filed their disclosure reports for the first half of the year this week, there are a few who… Continue reading
“Scott Walker’s Demise Shows Limits of ‘Super PAC’ Money Model”
Nick Confessore reports for the NYT.
“If you think super PACs have changed everything about the presidential primary, think again”
David Karol for the Monkey Cage.
Trump Says He’d Spend $100 Million to Get Elected
That wouldn’t do the trick.
“FEC to Vote on Super PAC Advisory Opinion”
Ken Doyle for Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission has signaled that it will vote in the coming weeks on a potentially major advisory opinion request seeking to clarify legal limits on super political action committees (super PACs) and other… Continue reading