“DSCC To Dems: Hold Your Nose And Give Money To Super PACs”
TPM reports.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
“Axelrod Floats Amendment to Stem Campaign Spending”
NYT’s “The Caucus” reports.
“Why criminal charges were brought against John Edwards remains unclear”
McClatchy reports.
“Jon Stewart Tears Apart FL Gov. Rick Scott’s Curiously Targeted ‘Voter Purge’”
Mediaite reports. As part of the segment, John Oliver interviewed John Fund.
“Senate primaries in four states set key matchups”
“2 Campaigns Chasing Funds at Frantic Pace”
NYT: “With the primary season over, the presidential campaign has entered a new phase, one dictated by the competitive realities of the deregulated campaign finance system. Having decided not to take public financing for the general election, both Mr.… Continue reading
“Tea Party Tries to Sway GOP Platform”
Roll Call: “James Bopp Jr., a prominent conservative lawyer and high-ranking Republican national committeeman, is helping tea partyers influence the official GOP 2012 platform.”
The article also reports that Bopp “lost his RNC seat Friday, the result of apparent backlash… Continue reading
“Fixing Citizens United”
Geoffrey Stone blogs at HuffPo.
“Justice Department Sues Florida As Voter Battle Intensifies”
NPR reports.
“Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Florida Alleging Violations of the National Voter Registration Act”
DOJ Press Release: ” WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida and the Florida Secretary of State in his official capacity alleging that the state has violated… Continue reading
Breaking News: 4th Circuit Upholds FEC’s “Major Purpose” Test for Political Committees, Subjecting Groups Like Crossroads GPS to Potential Liability for Not Registering as Super PACs
Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld two disclosure-related FEC rules. This was the latest opinion in the long-running case, Real Truth About Obama, Inc. v. FEC.
Among other things, the Court upheld the… Continue reading
“Media Companies Make Yet Another Push to Defang Transparency Rule”
ProPublica reports.
“Wisconsin Autopsy: The Cognitive Dissonance polls and how Walker’s victory could actually help Obama in November”
This item appears at the Recall Elections Blog.
Is the Montana AG “Refus[ing] to Raise Potential Winning Argument” in Citizens United Sequel?
That’s the claim of this press release from The Eleventh Amendment Movement.
Count me skeptical.