“17 Months Before Election Day, One Campaign Aims For $100 Million”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Why Jeb Bush Can’t Spend His Way to the Win”
“Kentucky prohibits electioneering with 100 feet of polls after court strikes down 300-foot ban’
“Inside Jeb Bush’s long game: A bet on peaking late”
“Hillary Clinton to Court Donors for Super PAC”
NYT:
Hillary Rodham Clinton will begin personally courting donors for a super PAC supporting her candidacy, the first time a Democratic presidential candidate has fully embraced the independent groups that can accept unlimited checks from big donors and are… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton Isn’t Ready to Disclose Who’s Funding Her Campaign”
In a recent Slate piece, I suggested Hillary Clinton might be offering lip service on campaign finance: grandly supporting a constitutional amendment but not something that is more realistic which could actually help.
Here’s a good indication from Mother Jones… Continue reading
Mike Huckabee Jokingly Breaks Federal Election Law
WSJ:
Mr. Huckabee said his campaign would be funded by “working people who will find out that $15 and $25 a month contributions can take us from Hope to higher ground,” he said, a reference to Hope, Ark., where… Continue reading
“Get ready for a lot more ‘dark money’ in politics”
“How Super PACs Will Strengthen Democracy in 2016”
Josh Kaushaar in the National Journal.
“The Clintons, a luxury jet and their $100 million donor”
Must-read WaPo:
Giustra, 57, a Vancouver, B.C.-based mogul whose eclectic business interests include founding Lionsgate Entertainment and investing in gold mines and an olive oil company, has come to symbolize a relatively new but substantial category of Clinton backers: foreign… Continue reading
Hillary Clinton Apparently Following Jeb Bush Super PAC Outsourcing Model
WaPo:
The shake-up is being driven by concerns among Clinton advisers that the group needs to be led by a close ally who has been embedded in the former secretary of state’s political world and will be able to… Continue reading
“SCOTUS chief justice is worried about eroding public faith in judges”
Alison Frankel on Williams-Yulee.
“How Google Could Give 2016 Hopefuls an Edge”
WSJ Wash Wire:
The Walker campaign was so aggressive in 2014 that Google highlighted its efforts in a just-released case study about the midterm campaigns.
Among the findings: Mr. Walker’s re-election team raised more money from ads pegged to… Continue reading
“From Supreme Court, a mixed blessing on campaign finance limits”
I have written this LA Times oped. It begins:
The Supreme Court offered a pleasant surprise this week to those of us worried about the role of money in elections. In a 5-4 opinion written by Chief Justice John… Continue reading