09
Feb
Jeb Bush calls for amendment to fix Citizens United
Manchester, NH – Don’t like Jeb Bush’s $100 million-plus super PAC? Neither does he.Source: Jeb Bush calls for amendment to fix Citizens United...
09
Feb
Meet the super-rich driving the 2016 election
WASHINGTON — Nearly half the money pouring into all federal super PACs came from just 107 people or groups that each gave $1 million or more to influence the outcome of this year’s presidential and congressional races, a USA TODAY analysis of new campaign finance reports shows.Source: Meet the super-rich driving the 2016 election...
09
Feb
“Getting a Handle on the Super PAC Problem”
Here is a paper Bob Bauer gave this weekend at the Stanford Law Review symposium. Bob’s solution is more transparency and letting the parties raise more money and spend it in coordination with candidates. Some might say this is a cure worse than the disease.Source: “Getting a Handle on the Super PAC Problem”...
09
Feb
Rubio’s Gaffe Knocked Establishment Off Its Preferred Track
It is also, however, possible that he's been exposed as not ready for prime time. If that is the case, then it is coming awfully late in the game for the establishment wing of the party to vet and settle upon an alternative. I declined to endorse the "three-person race" theory for a reason. My overarching view of the GOP...
09
Feb
Jeb Bush: Overturn Citizens United
Nashua, N.H. Speaking at a country club in New Hampshire on Monday, Jeb Bush said he wants the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision to be overturned.Source: Jeb Bush: Overturn Citizens United...
30
Jan
Do those ‘we know whether you voted’ warnings actually work? An expert weighs in.
Update, Jan. 30, 2016: A voter in Iowa tweeted about receiving a mailer from the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that hopes to goad him into heading to caucus by sharing the voting records of people he knows. The Cruz campaign confirmed that it had sent the mailer.Source: Do those ‘we know whether you voted’ warnings actually work?...
29
Jan
The struggle to preserve a free political system
January 30 marks the fortieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Buckley v.Source: The struggle to preserve a free political system...
28
Jan
Political Money: New Best-Selling Book Genre?
Books about who pays for American elections rarely hit the bestseller lists, but a rash of new titles tackling the once-obscure topic of campaign financing signals that publishers now regard political money as popular fare.Source: Political Money: New Best-Selling Book Genre?...
28
Jan
The ‘Bleak’ History of Third-Party Presidential Bids
Never in U.S. history has a third-party candidate been elected president. Yet that hasn't stopped the prospect of an independent candidacy becoming a recurring sotto voce whisper in the 2016 presidential race.Source: The ‘Bleak’ History of Third-Party Presidential Bids...
28
Jan
Happy birthday to the case that was even worse than Citizens United
In today’s political climate, finding public support for anything at 84 percent is almost unheard of. Yet, according to New York Times/CBS News poll last June, that’s how many Americans think money has “too much influence” in political campaigns.Source: Happy birthday to the case that was even worse than Citizens United...