“Trump exit? Yes, possible if following his narrative: not ‘dropping out’ but ‘walking away from a rigged-election'”
LAT letters to the editor responding to my LAT oped, What If Trump Drops Out?
Category Archives: campaigns
Americans Elect Sorta Rises from the Dead
“Political Morality and the Trump Candidacy: Part II”
“Non-incumbents freed from false-statement election law”
Columbus Dispatch:
Non-incumbents running for election have been liberated from being required to use “for” in front of the offices they seek.
The Frankin County Court of Appeals, citing a federal appellate court decision rejecting false-statement election laws,… Continue reading
“Judge rejects third parties’ suit against debate commission”
Josh Gerstein:
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit alleging that the Commission on Presidential Debates violated federal antitrust laws and the First Amendment by excluding third-party candidates.
In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer… Continue reading
Key Comments from Nate Persily to @TPM on Trump’s Irresponsible Vote Rigging Charges
From an important Tierney Sneed piece:
Yet, a study published in June by Persily — along with Charles Stewart III and Stephen Ansolabehere — undercut that justification. They found no evidence that voters in states with strict voter ID laws… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s Campaign Website Won’t Let You Cancel Recurring Donations”
Money.Mic:
You used to love Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, but now you’ve had a change of heart — and want to cancel your recurring monthly donation to his campaign?
Too bad.
As the screenshots below demonstrate, there is… Continue reading
“With Billionaires Backing Her, Hillary Clinton Must Confront How to Deploy Them”
NYT:
Now that Hillary Clinton has assembled a bipartisan cadre of billionaires to support her candidacy, how does she disperse the moneyed elite to help her in a campaign focused on income inequality?
Justice Kennedy Denies Stay in False Judicial Elections Speech Case
Following up on this post, motion for stay denied (without requesting response or referring to full Court).
“What If Trump Drops Out?”
I have written this piece for the LA Times. It begins:
Donald Trump has had a very bad week, picking inexplicable fights with the parents of fallen soldiers, with war heroes, fire marshals and even babies. It’s probably just wishful… Continue reading
“Third party candidates won’t really matter in November”
Stu Rothenberg for WaPo:
As long as Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein don’t qualify for the presidential debates, they won’t be able to attract voters away from the two major parties. Only when they can do… Continue reading
Trump Gets 4 Pinocchios for Claiming Clinton Raised $60 Million from 20 People
“Fueled by Small Donations, Donald Trump Makes Up Major Financial Ground”
NYT:
Donald J. Trump all but erased his enormous fund-raising deficit againstHillary Clinton in the span of just two months, according to figures released by his campaign on Tuesday, converting the passion of his core followers into a… Continue reading
“The Citizens United Playbook; How a Top GOP Lawyer Guided a Chinese-Owned Company Into U.S. Presidential Politics”
The Intercept:
The Intercept has determined that a corporation owned by a Chinese couple made a major donation to Jeb Bush’s Super PAC Right to Rise USA — and it did so after receiving detailed advice from Charlie Spies, arguably … Continue reading