“On Campaign Payment of Legal Fees, Contrasting Views From Christie”
Brian Svoboda dives in.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Election kicks off political shake-up”
UT San Diego:
The electoral chaos caused by former Mayor Bob Filner comes to a close Tuesday as San Diego voters choose one of two City Council members — Democrat David Alvarez and Republican Kevin Faulconer — as the… Continue reading
“Democrats file U.S. complaint over GOP websites”
Philly.com: “A South Jersey Democratic organization has filed a federal complaint against a Republican campaign group working to reelect U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, saying it had co-opted his Democratic challenger’s name on a “deceptive” website to solicit donations.”
“Do Misleading Campaign Websites Violate Federal Law?”
Paul Ryan for the ACS Blog: “Consequently, these misleading websites violate federal law. The NRCC should take down these websites and the FEC should initiate an enforcement action against the NRCC’s flagrant violations of federal campaign finance law.”
It’s Never Off the Record for Politicians Anymore
LAT:
Nine months before the November election, the 100-person staff of American Bridge has now fanned out across 37 states, with 40 full-time trackers and 25 researchers collecting every utterance by their 2014 Republican targets in House, Senate and governor’s… Continue reading
“Republican Party Wing Creates 18 Fake Websites for Democrats”
“Tech Industry Flexes Muscle in California Race”
Very interesting congressional race in the 17th district.
“Scott Walker still mum on secret campaign investigation”
Google Thinks the NRCC is Phishing with Those Deceptive Campaign Ads
“GOP defends tricky campaign contribution websites”
NBC News:
Republicans are defending a series of websites they established that appear to support Democratic candidates for Congress, but instead direct contributions to the GOP.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) said its websites were not confusing, and… Continue reading
Montana AG Gives Up in Campaign Speech Case
KXLH: “Montana Attorney General Tim Fox says a law about campaign materials that was passed by the Montana Legislature last year is unconstitutionally vague, setting the stage for a federal judge to throw out the law. Matthew Monforton, a… Continue reading
“Maher Wants His Show to Decide a House Race”
NYT:
Bill Maher makes little effort to hide his own contempt for many politicians, most of them Republicans. Now, he wants to take it to the next level: finding one he might be able to help oust from office.
On… Continue reading
“Dershowitz, Law Enforcement Experts Slam D’Souza Targeting”
NewsMax reports. The article misquotes me slightly. I did not say that the Ted Stevens and Tom DeLay cases were examples of political targeting by overzealous prosecutors. I said that one could not discount that possibility.