Category Archives: campaigns

“Clinton Friend’s Libya Role Blurs Lines of Politics and Business”

May 18, 2015, 1:23 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

NYT: Mr. Gowdy’s chief interest, according to people briefed on the inquiry, is a series of memos that Mr. Blumenthal — who was not an employee of the State Department — wrote to Mrs. Clinton about events unfolding in… Continue reading

A Real Money Primary

May 18, 2015, 7:25 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

People sometimes talk about the invisible primary, or the role of wealth in making candidates viable. Well Bill Scher wants to put that insight into action for the Republican primary debates: How do you accomplish that? Boil it down to… Continue reading

“Modern campaigning has big effects on voter turnout”

May 18, 2015, 7:18 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Andrew Gelman at The Monkey Cage.

“‘Candidates’ Driving Cash-Filled Trucks Through Campaign-Finance Loopholes”

May 18, 2015, 7:14 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Peter Overby reports for NPR.

“2016 Campaigns, Official or Not, Are Remade by ‘Super PACs’”

May 17, 2015, 7:40 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Must-read Front-page NYT piece by Nick Confessore and Eric Lichtblau: In this new world, campaigns are not campaigns. And candidates are not actually candidates. Though they sometimes forget it.

“The Right Baits the Left to Turn Against Hillary Clinton”

May 17, 2015, 2:07 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Must-read NYT on Twitter and campaigns: For months now, America Rising has sent out a steady stream of posts on social media attacking Mrs. Clinton, some of them specifically designed to be spotted, and shared, by liberals. The posts highlight… Continue reading

“Snapchat is going to be huge in 2016 — and regulators have no idea how to handle it”

May 16, 2015, 4:33 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Fusion.

“Hillary Clinton backers defend link to PAC”

May 15, 2015, 5:24 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Gabriel DeBenedtti at Politico with an important story on the “Correct the Record” coordination issue.

“Cash is not king: Jeb Bush’s Super PAC problem”

May 15, 2015, 12:25 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Anthony Gaughan has written this piece for The Conversation: Thus, while Jeb Bush’s fund-raising numbers sound impressive by previous standards, his campaign war chest doesn’t scare anyone today. No candidate will monopolize Republican fund-raising in 2016. The flood of money… Continue reading

“Party Activists as Campaign Advertisers: The Ground Campaign as a Principal-Agent Problem”

May 14, 2015, 10:36 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Ryan Enos and Eitan Hersh have written this article for APSR. Here is the abstract: As a key element of their strategy, recent Presidential campaigns have recruited thousands of workers to engage in direct voter contact. We conceive of this… Continue reading

“Bush money machine in high gear even without official campaign”

May 13, 2015, 3:32 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for USA Today: Bush is not alone in advancing his presidential bid through a new crop of big-money groups authorized by a pair of federal court rulings, including the Supreme Court’sCitizens United decision in 2010. The ruling permitted… Continue reading

Jeb Bush’s Denials That He’s a Presidential Candidate Increasingly a Joke

May 13, 2015, 1:24 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Oops: “I’m running for president in 2016, and the focus is gonna be about how we—if I run—how do you create high, sustained economic growth, where more people have a chance at earned success? And I will apply my… Continue reading

“Ethics Commissioner: Libby Mayor, City Council Violated Election Laws”

May 13, 2015, 10:39 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

News from Montana: The mayor of Libby and its city council violated Montana law in the days before the 2013 election, according to a new report from the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices. In a decision handed down on May… Continue reading