This story was cross-posted at Time.com. For two consultants working to help put Carly Fiorina in the White House, the legal firewall between campaign and super PAC must look more like a mirror.Source: Opaque payment streams for two top consultants to Fiorina groups...
It's great! Sean Trende and David Byler have done yeoman's work in not only putting this thing together, but in putting it out there for public consumption.Source: A Request: Don't Use the RCP Delegate Interactive Tool as a Mobile Brokered Convention Production Unit...
Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign event on November 3, 2015 in Coralville, Iowa. | GettySource: Tech moguls shun Clinton super PAC...
WASHINGTON, DC – Candidates in the 2016 presidential race would see a dramatic shift in fundraising success under a proposed small donor public financing system, according to a study released on Thursday by U.S. PIRG Education Fund.Source: New Study: Small Donor Matching Program Would Incentivize Shift in 2016 Presidential Fundraising Strategies...
If Jeb Bush’s popularity ever catches on among fellow Republicans, he’ll find his campaign team has paved a smooth path to the ballot box in primary states. The former Florida governor, political newcomer Ben Carson and Texas Sen.Source: Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush lead GOP race … to get on state ballots...
Technology and the Internet have fundamentally changed the way people go about their daily lives. From a cell phone people can hail a cab, order dinner, get their dry cleaning picked up or ask Google, "Who is Dave Brat?"Source: New bill would create easy online access to U.S. laws and statutes...
The superPAC backing Jeb Bush seemed to have everything it needed. It went into the primaries with the most money by far.Source: Jeb Bush Proves Money Isn't Everything In Politics...
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah county prosecutor said Wednesday he is investigating U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada in connection with a pay-to-play scheme involving two former Utah attorneys general.Source: Why is Sen. Harry Reid being investigated in Utah?...
The political world is discovering an unsettling truth: Money isn’t everything. The latest evidence comes from the just-expired presidential campaign of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican who dropped out on Tuesday, saying, “This is not my time.Source: How to Waste a Billion Dollars...
It’s happy hour at the Fairmont Kea Lani. Just past four on Sunday afternoon, former state Sen. Rod Wright settles in at the lobby bar for the mai tai that he insists should kick off any trip to Maui.Source: Inside California lawmakers’ paid trips to Maui...
