Category Archives: campaigns
“Can Anything Be Done About All the Money in Politics?”
“Election 2016: Republican Candidates Fiorina, Bush, Walker Filmed Ads With Super PACs Backing Their Campaigns”
“Democrats Lay Groundwork to Expand Use of ‘Super PACs’”
Nick Confessore for the NYT:
Democrats are laying the groundwork for an ambitious reorganization of their struggling network of “super PACs“ that would exploit the loopholes and legal gray areas that Republicans have already used to raise hundreds… Continue reading
“Reform Groups Urge President Obama to Reject Campaign Finance Riders in Appropriation Bills”
Press release:
Reform groups today wrote to President Obama strongly urging him to reject all riders in appropriations bills, including four damaging campaign finance riders, and to insist that clean FY 2016 appropriations legislation is sent to him for his… Continue reading
“Square accepts your political donations with a tweet”
“Pay-to-Play Rule Sticks Around for 2016”
jason Abel has written this oped for the LA Daily Journal.
“Dem candidate agrees with Trump over big-money influence”
The Hill:
Billionaire Donald Trump is telling every American who’ll listen how he buys their politicians, and Democratic presidential candidate Larry Lessig could not be happier.
“When Donald Trump stands up [and explains how he buys politicians]… the public are… Continue reading
“Larry Lessig, Real-Life Capra Star”
Cass Sunstein:
Nevertheless, Lessig is right to draw attention to the wide gulf between our aspirations to self-government and our actual practices. Corruption is a strong word, but it is captures the undue influence of those with money to throw… Continue reading
Super PAC Refund
Teddy Schleifer for CNN:
The second campaign began to unravel this summer, with the operation essentially abandoning its efforts in Iowa and New Hampshire. Doug Deason, the son of a $5 million donor to the Perry super PAC, said Perry’s… Continue reading
“Is Hillary’s New Campaign Finance Reform Plan the Real Deal?”
Justin Miller reports for TAP.
“Did this shady pro-Bernie Sanders super PAC just dupe James Bond?”
It’s the wild west out there.
‘New Hampshire Primary Source: Kasich backers say he filmed super PAC ads before becoming a candidate”
WMUR:
But proving that there is illegal coordination is tough. A plethora of FEC rules focus on three “prongs,” regarding payment, content and conduct.
Pro-candidate super PAC ads look very much like ads by the candidates’ campaign committees themselves.… Continue reading
“For Biden, calendar makes his 2016 decision tough to delay”
AP:
The process to get on the ballot varies greatly from state to state, creating a maze of requirements that campaigns must meet: petitions to be collected, signatures to be counted and notifications made to political parties, elections boards… Continue reading