Eliza Newlin Carney, responding to this post, writes:
“Max PAC” actually comes from FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub. She won the “Next Super PAC” contest organized by the Post’s Matea Gold for The Fix. See here:For what it’s worth, I blogged about her contest here:…In any case, this question of what to call “joint fundraising committees” has generated considerable back and forth among wordsmiths, hacks, political money geeks and the chattering classes in general.I personally have some reservations about “Max PACs” because PAC is a term of art denoting specific regulations at the FEC that do not apply to Joint Fundraising Committees.I use a number of terms in this story, including “super” campaign funds. I may end up using that more than any other. But I suspect the JFC terminology is going to continue to present challenges!