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CCP Experts Talk Ricketts and Big Donations
From Buzzfeed: “I think for a lot of companies that have broad consumer bases and that have spent billions on a brand that people really like, to then go and throw a couple thousand dollars at a political issue is, well, stupid. And so not surprisingly you don’t see many of them doing it,” said [...]
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Edwards Jury Instructions Defy Supreme Court Ruling
DATELINE: Monday, May 21, 2012 CONTACT: Sarah Lee, Communications Director, Center for Competitive Politics, 770.598.7961 Edwards Jury Instructions Defy Supreme Court Ruling The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) today harshly criticized the final juror instructions, issued Friday, in the trial of former president candidate John Edwards. “If Edwards goes to prison, we will have an Alice in [...]
Filed Under: Blog, Faulty Assumptions, Featured Content, Press Releases, John Edwards, Jury instructions, Mellon, North Carolina
The Changing Rhetoric of Campaign Finance — Illinois Democrats Offer Innovative Campaign Freedom Measure
Illinois Democrats have an interesting proposal to “level the playing field” with independent expenditure committees. A Federal Court recently applied the SpeechNow.org logic to allow independent expenditure committees to speak out in Illinois statewide and legislative campaigns. This has caused a reaction in the Illinois General Assembly. From the Chicago Tribune: House Majority Leader Barbara [...]
Filed Under: Blog, Contributions & Limits, Featured Content, In the News, Super PACs, campaign finance reform, Chicago, Contribution limits, Illinois
DC Circuit Denies Stay in Van Hollen Decision
From Rick Hasen’s Election Law Blog: Big news from the D.C. Circuit…The opinion for two of the three judges explaining the reasons for denying the stay lean heavily on how the challengers to the district court ruling are unlikely to succeed in their legal arguments on appeal. The court also stresses the values of disclosure, [...]
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Daily Media Links 5/14: Trolling for Dirt on the President’s List, Politicians of all stripes hate the Citizens United decision, and more…
Disclosure Wall Street Journal: Trolling for Dirt on the President’s List By Kim Strassel Three weeks ago, an Obama campaign website, “Keeping GOP Honest,” took the extraordinary step of publicly naming and assailing eight private citizens backing Mr. Romney. Titled “Behind the curtain: a brief history of Romney’s donors,” the post accused the eight of [...]
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Keating on Edwards Trial
CCP President David Keating was on ABC News this weekend discussing the John Edwards trial:
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Daily Media Links 5/11: End of Campaign Means Rick Santorum Could Grab Hold of Super PAC, Follow the money – if you can, and more…
Independent groups ABC News: End of Campaign Means Rick Santorum Could Grab Hold of Super PAC By Shushannah Walshe That’s because the super PAC is becoming Santorum’s PAC, while also remaining his super PAC. Yes, it’s confusing, but it’s a legal change that turns the Red, White, and Blue Fund into a hybrid political action committee [...]
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Daily Media Links 5/10: No full probe of Vern Buchanan, NRCC looks to put Dems on defense, and more…
Independent groups Politico: Top Dems dismayed by liberal donors’ strategy By DONOVAN SLACK Top Democrats are not happy with a plan by liberal donors to invest in outside groups that focus on voter-turnout rather than advertising. Read more… International Business Times: Republican Super PACs Far Outpacing Democrats In Fundraising By JEREMY B. WHITE In a political battlefield [...]
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Daily Media Links 5/9: FEC leans toward helping Feinstein, Sen. Bingaman ‘consultant’ was lobbyist, and more…
Independent groups The Hill: Anti-incumbency group to target Rangel By Josh Lederman The Campaign for Primary Accountability, a super-PAC spending big to oust long-serving incumbents, will target Rep. Charles Rangel (D) in New York, the group announced Tuesday. Read more… The Hill: Report: Romney super-PAC receives big money from federal contractors By Rachel Leven A [...]
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Daily Media Links 5/8: Campaign Text-Donation Plan Gets a New Push, Heiress’ money meant as a gift to help John Edwards, not campaign contribution, and more…
Independent groups Roll Call: Using Super PACs to Get Rid of Super PACs By Eliza Newlin Carney Want to get big money out of politics? Set up a super PAC. Read more… NY Times: Liberals Steer Outside Money to Grass-Roots Organizing By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE After months on the sidelines, major liberal donors including the [...]
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