“The Primary Campaign: What You Need to Know”
BPC event Feb. 22 with Ben Ginsberg and Joe Sandler.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Stealth Christie group attacks Rubio ahead of New Hampshire primary”
Trump Calls Ted Cruz “a Pussy,” Then Defends It as Akin to Retweet
Can Trump’s campaign tone get any further into the gutter?
Jeb Bush Campaign Backs Off His Suggestion to Amend Constitution to Overturn Citizens United
MSNBC:
Bush’s campaign quickly stepped in to clarify the comments, saying that the candidate was restating his old position and did not favor reversing the court’s decision.
“He’s not advocating for additional restrictions on the ability of an organization… Continue reading
“Democrats Are Fuming About Hillary Clinton’s ‘Smear’ Line”
Zach Carter:
“If [Clinton] takes the money, she gets hit with this McCarthyism of the left, this guilt by association, even though there is no evidence that taking this money has had any impact on her policies,” former Rep. … Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton, Wall Street shill? Here are a few facts.”
Greg Sargent:
I’m skeptical of Sanders’s case that Obama could have gotten a lot more than he did or that his explanation accounts for why Obama did achieve what he did. I’m also skeptical of Sanders’s case that he can… Continue reading
Jeb Bush Makes No Sense on Money in Politics
He’d hold a constitutional convention to overturn Citizens United, but favors unlimited contributions with disclosure. Huh? If you allow unlimited contributions, you allow Super PACs (unless his constitutional amendment would allow only candidates to accept unlimited contributions—an incumbency protection measure… Continue reading
The Latest Ted Cruz Deceptive Campaign Mailer
Makes you think it is a check made out to you.
“The POLITICO 100: Billionaires dominate 2016”
Politico:
The 100 biggest donors of 2016 cycle have spent $195 million trying to influence the presidential election ― more than the $155 million spent by the 2 million smallest donors combined — according to a POLITICO analysis of… Continue reading
“Why Bernie Sanders Needs to Talk About Voting Rights”
Jamil Smith writes for TNR
“For Sanders, campaign finance purity not always possible”
MSNBC:
A lavish Martha’s Vineyard Democratic fundraiser that Bernie Sanders attended in 2007 featured lobbyists for many of the industries he now rails against on the presidential campaign trail, according to a guest list obtained by MSNBC.
The Vermont… Continue reading
“Who’s funding this pro-Ted Cruz super PAC?”
Teddy Schleifer for CNN:
A super PAC spending millions of dollars to bash Ted Cruz’s Republican rivals is shielding the names of many of its top donors and strategists, accepting and directing donations through a particularly high number of hard-to-trace… Continue reading
“Fact Check: Clinton And Sanders On Campaign Finance”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“Donald Trump’s Campaign, Billed as Self-Funded, Risks Little of His Fortune”
NYT:
What remains is a quintessentially Trumpian endeavor that blurs the line between campaigning and brand-building and complicates Mr. Trump’s claims that he is funding his own White House campaign. About three-quarters of Mr. Trump’s total campaign spending has either… Continue reading