“Questions Emerge About Potential Conflict of Interest Between Mailergate and Silicon Valley Start-up”
Cowgirl Blog’s latest on the Montana mailer.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Lobbyists, Bearing Gifts, Pursue Attorneys General”
Must-read A1 Eric Lipton for the NYT:
Attorneys general are now the object of aggressive pursuit by lobbyists and lawyers who use campaign contributions, personal appeals at lavish corporate-sponsored conferences and other means to push them to drop investigations, change… Continue reading
“Professors’ Research Project Stirs Political Outrage in Montana”
NYT’s The Upshot weighs in.
“Shakeup at Organizing for Action”
Politico: “Organizing for Action is getting the jump on a post-midterms shake-up, with staff changes and the beginning of a reconstituting that will begin President Barack Obama’s shift toward thinking about his role after leaving office….OFA is winding down… Continue reading
“Is Your Judge for Sale?”
Andy Kroll for Mother Jones.
“Republicans Join Attacks on Big Money | Rules of the Game”
“Court: State has no jurisdiction over tweets”
Gannett: “The Ohio Elections Commission can’t crack down on Tweets — even if those 140-character messages include false political information, a Cincinnati federal judge ruled on Monday.”
“A Kansas Group’s Push to Oust Judges Reveals a Gap in Campaign Finance Rules”
“Are Our Courts for Sale?”
“Kansas spent more than $34,000 on Senate-race litigation”
“Profs Bumble Into Big Legal Trouble After Election Experiment Goes Way Wrong”
Those Stanford/Dartmouth researchers messing with a Montana judicial election may be in real trouble.
My earlier coverage.
Role of Lobbyists Issue in AZ Governor’s Race
McDaniel Doesn’t (Yet) Rule Out Further Legal Action in #MSSEN
Clarion-Ledger:
McDaniel in statement said, “Republicans are still left wanting justice” by the decision and said he hopes “conservatives in Mississippi will view this decision as a driving factor to get involved in Republican politics.”
Neither McDaniel nor his lead… Continue reading
Breaking: MS Supreme Court Rejects McDaniel Challenge in #MSSEN Race on 4-2 Vote: My Analysis
You can read the opinion at this link. Here are some thoughts.
1. The plurality, concurrence and dissent. The Court’s opinion broke down 3-1-2, with 3 Justices not participating.
The plurality opinion held that it was bound by a… Continue reading