Category Archives: campaigns

“Whoops: Independent candidate appears to have accidentally picked a running mate”

September 7, 2016, 7:28 amballot access, campaigns, third partiesRick Hasen

Daniel Strauss for Politico: Evan McMullin is running as an independent conservative alternative to Donald Trump. Who McMullin is running with, however, is a bit of a mystery. In all nine states where he has officially qualified on the presidential… Continue reading

“GOP outside groups tout massive Senate fundraising haul”

September 7, 2016, 7:10 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Two top outside groups designed to support Senate Republicans raised $42 million in August, a massive haul that shows the fervor with which GOP donors are training their focus – and dollars – on maintaining control of the upper… Continue reading

“Trump Held Fundraiser For Pam Bondi At Mar-a-Lago After She Dropped Investigation”

September 7, 2016, 7:07 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

HuffPo: The use of Mar-a-Lago alone was a donation of some value. Space at the resort is expensive to rent, and Trump has charged his own presidential campaign roughly $140,000 per event for use of the mansion.In contrast, the… Continue reading

Trump-Bondi Gets A1 NYT Coverage

September 6, 2016, 9:43 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

And it’s a good story, too. Donald Trump’s Donation Is His Latest Brush With Campaign Fund Rules: Donald J. Trump, who has repeatedly denounced pay-to-play politics during his insurgent campaign, is now defending himself against claims that he donated… Continue reading

“With Koch Brothers U, Conservatives Settle In for Long War”

September 6, 2016, 3:36 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: The rise of Donald J. Trump, with his hostility toward free trade and vow to protect entitlements, is a sharp rebuke to the free-market principles long championed by the billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch. But… Continue reading

“Yes, Trump does buy off corrupt politicians. At least, that’s what he told us himself, remember?”

September 6, 2016, 2:43 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Good read from Greg Sargent: What’s more, it should be noted that this was more than merely a defense against charges that Trump had previously given to Democrats. It was a key argument Trump made to GOP primary voters: That… Continue reading

“Trump Living Large on Donors’ Dime”

September 6, 2016, 8:25 amcampaignsRick Hasen

S.V. Date for HuffPo.

“How Donald Trump made it look like he was bribing the attorney general of Florida”

September 6, 2016, 8:02 ambribery, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Nice Philip Bump on Trump-Bondi.

“Whom to Vote For? Employees Tend to Follow Their Leader”

September 6, 2016, 7:48 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Andrew Ross Sorkin for NYT’s Dealbook.

“Trump, dismissing allegations of impropriety, says donation to Fla. attorney general came with no strings”

September 5, 2016, 5:30 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Marc Reichelderfer — who worked as a consultant on Bondi’s reelection effort — told the Associated Press in June that Bondi spoke with Trump and solicited the donation herself. Reichelderfer said that Bondi had not been aware of the… Continue reading

“Trump Surrogate Admits To Joy Reid: Trump Did ‘Pay-For-Play'”

September 5, 2016, 5:29 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Watch Joy Reid.

Krugman on Press Coverage of the Candidates Mentions Bondi AG Issue

September 5, 2016, 10:53 amcampaignsRick Hasen

NYT column: True, there aren’t many efforts to pretend that Donald Trump is a paragon of honesty. But it’s hard to escape the impression that he’s being graded on a curve. If he manages to read from a TelePrompter without… Continue reading

“Donald Trump’s history of paying to sway attorneys general”

September 4, 2016, 3:38 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Good time to read this Sunlight Foundation report from June.

“On Road to 270, Arizona is home to best chance for a spoiler”

September 4, 2016, 7:55 amcampaigns, third partiesRick Hasen

AP: If Hillary Clinton carries Arizona in November, there’s a good chance it won’t be because Democrats on their own have flipped a reliable GOP state they hope to win consistently someday. Instead, Clinton and Democrats may have Gary Johnson… Continue reading