Category Archives: campaigns
“Sanders abruptly pulls Internet ad saying Clinton is being funded by ‘big money interests’”
“Ted Cruz using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users”
The Guardian:
Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign is using psychological data based on research spanning tens of millions of Facebook users, harvested largely without their permission, to boost his surging White House run and gain an edge over Donald Trump… Continue reading
“GOP preparing for contested convention”
WaPo:
Republican officials and leading figures in the party’s establishment are preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as businessman Donald Trump continues to sit atop the polls in the GOP presidential race.
More than 20 of them… Continue reading
“Campaign finance reform measure: ‘a solution in search of a problem’?”
CPI:
You probably don’t give much thought to the three-digit code on the back of your credit card. But a small, bipartisan group of lawmakers thinks political campaigns should be paying a lot more attention to them — in… Continue reading
“Bush PAC attorney to Trump counsel: You may want to try learning election law”
Matea Gold reports for WaPo.
“Jeb Bush’s super PAC burning through money with little to show for it”
WaPo:
The super PAC supporting Jeb Bush is racing through its massive war chest much faster than money is coming in, spending close to $50 million in a record blitz that has so far failed to lift the former… Continue reading
“A Legacy of Inaction: President Obama and Secret Money in Politics”
New report from Rootstrikers.
“A Gift From Congress, to Congress”
NYT editorial:
In a delicious bit of irony, Mr. McConnell needs Democratic support to pass his rider, because the Tea Party mavericks are opposing him. They say the extra cash would chiefly benefit establishment candidates, not Tea Party members,… Continue reading
“The Freedom Caucus Objects to Political Free Speech”
David Keating and Brad Smith WSJ oped:
Fights over campaign-finance laws are, more than other political struggles, fights over power. When power changes hands, new regulations are often put in place to benefit the victors’ political fortunes. The temptation… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton Fortifies Ties and Fund-Raising With Democratic Committee”
NYT:
Trying to build up her arsenal for a general election, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is asking donors to write big-money checks to the Democratic National Committee while taking a greater interest in how it is performing its duties.… Continue reading
“The Daily Show Remixes Awkward Ted Cruz Footage, Asks You to ‘Cruz Your Own Adventure”
Vulture reports on the use of B roll Cruz footage for Super PAC purposes.
“4 Court Cases That Could Impact the 2016 Elections”
Nathan Gonzales writes for Roll Call.
“Why Clinton’s Fundraising Prowess Cuts Both Ways”
Eliza Newlin Carney writes from her new perch at The American Prospect.
I’m looking forward to lots of Eliza columns free of a paywall this election season!