Category Archives: campaigns
“After Doe investigations, a chance for sensible reform”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial:
We urge Walker to form:
■A commission including members of both political parties to study and recommend changes to state law that will promote transparency in campaign donations while considering recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on… Continue reading
“Limits unclear on new political party ‘slush funds’; Inaction by election cops gives Dems and Republicans free rein on spending”
CPI:
The Democratic and Republican parties certainly don’t agree on how to run the country, but they are in sync when it comes to capitalizing on a new law letting them raise eight times as much money from rich… Continue reading
“The Question of Super PACs in the Post-Buckley World”
“Small Pool of Rich Donors Dominates Election Giving”
NYT: [corrected link and bumped to top]
Fewer than four hundred families are responsible for almost half the money raised in the 2016 presidential campaign, a concentration of political donors that is unprecedented in the modern era.
The vast… Continue reading
“How 2016 turned into a game for billionaires”
CBS’s Face the Nation with Matea Gold, Steven Law, and Trevor Potter.
“Journalists Attend Private Koch Brothers Gathering, But Agree Not To Name Donors”
Michael Calderone reports for HuffPo.
“Charles Koch invokes fight for civil rights as model for political activism”
Sounds purely instrumental to me:
The theme of helping the lower class was echoed throughout the weekend conference as network officials laid out their plans to spend $889 million by the end of 2016 on issue advocacy, higher-education grants… Continue reading
“New ‘super PACs’ help 2016 mega-donors customize their political clout”
LAT:
The 2016 presidential race is already dominated by super PACs and other groups that under federal law can take unlimited checks. In Perry’s case, for example, the trio of super PACs account for nearly all the money… Continue reading
Preview of Brennan Center Report on Outside Money in 2016 Early Presidential Election Fundraising
Here:
“Billionaires Put Their Stamp on 2016 Presidential Campaigns”
WSJ reports:
Billionaires are bankrolling the early days of the 2016 presidential campaign to an unprecedented degree, with at least 40 of the wealthiest Americans plowing $60 million into super PACs aligned with the top tier of candidates.
“‘Super PACs’ Spent Millions Before Candidates Announced, Filings Show”
Eric Lichtblau for the NYT:
Acting as shadow campaigns, the political committees backing the major presidential candidates supported them with tens of millions of dollars in chartered planes, luxury hotel suites, opposition research, high-priced lawyers and more, spending reports showed… Continue reading
“Bush not a candidate? Super PAC’s spending reveals otherwise”
Reuters:
The first report of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s Super PAC, made public Friday, reveals for the first time, election lawyers say, just how much the group, Right to Rise, functioned as a kind of shadow campaign for… Continue reading