Category Archives: campaigns

“A Response to Michael B. Mukasey and Cause of Action”

August 25, 2015, 7:13 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Seth Barrett Tillman: Michael B. Mukasey, a former Attorney General of the United States (and former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York), has stated that if former Secretary of State (and… Continue reading

“Democratic group accuses GOP candidates of illegally coordinating with Koch political network”

August 25, 2015, 7:11 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Matea Gold for WaPo: A Democratic legal watchdog group has filed a new Federal Election Commission complaint against 11 GOP presidential candidates, the Republican National Committee and several groups in the Koch political network, saying their participation in a data-sharing… Continue reading

“Donald Trump Changes His Tune And Begins To Court Wealthy Donors”

August 25, 2015, 7:10 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Peter Overby reports for NPR.

“Jeb Bush’s Campaign Takes Steps to Rein In Spending”

August 24, 2015, 7:23 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Maggie Haberman for the NYT: Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign has asked various divisions to be mindful of their spending, in a reminder that despite his giant “super PAC” bankroll, campaign dollars are ultimately more valuable. Campaign officials asked workers to… Continue reading

“How Twitter screwed up in shutting down its political tweet archives”

August 24, 2015, 7:22 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

The Fix reports.

“The GOP’s big-money plan to save the Senate Republicans face a terrible Senate map in 2016. But they’re leveraging their cash advantage to pound Democrats early”

August 24, 2015, 7:15 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“Trump open to taking big and small campaign contributions”

August 23, 2015, 8:57 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: Business mogul Donald Trump said Sunday that although he can self-finance his campaign, he is open to taking campaign contributions big and small — but that the money he receives will not come with expectations of political favors.… Continue reading

Anonymous Plaintiff Seeks TRO in MS to Stop Investigation of Anonymous Campaign Mailer

August 23, 2015, 8:48 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Jackson Jambalaya reports. Thus Blogged Anderson has more on MS’s response.

“Super PAC’s ‘Why Jeb’ mailer gives Bush one white hand and one black hand due to photoshop fail “

August 22, 2015, 8:35 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

NYDN reports.

“Ky. GOP rule change allows Paul to run for Senate amid his White House bid”

August 22, 2015, 6:24 pmcampaigns, political partiesRick Hasen

Weigel.

Dirty Tricks Against Clinton Campaign

August 21, 2015, 12:36 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

More despicable conduct: A Clinton campaign official alleges that the women engaged in several efforts to entrap supporters. In one scheme, described by Clinton staff, a woman attempted to pass a cash donation to Clinton volunteers and interns. In another,… Continue reading

Why is Deez Nuts Surging?

August 21, 2015, 8:08 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Fun Trip Gabriel piece: Supporters who picked up the Deez Nuts meme tweeted to Public Policy Polling, a nonscientific polling operation, asking it to add him to its surveys, and it did. In head-to-head matchups with Donald J. Trump and… Continue reading

“Another Way to Mask Super Rich Donors”

August 21, 2015, 7:43 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg: In January, Ted Cruz’s quest for the presidency got help from a limited liability company called V3 231. The LLC was listed as the source of a $250,000 donation to a super PAC supporting the conservative Republican senator… Continue reading