By phone I listened with interest to the California Fair Political Practices Commission’s interested persons discussion about express advocacy. (I noted the event here.) As the FPPC explained in a press release, the topic was express advocacy “in the wake of Citizens United.” In The Governor Gray Davis Committee v. American Taxpayer Alliance a state […]
Day: July 21, 2010
The ruins of the Democratic fundraising hierarchy?
The Post covers the money race on Wall Street in this Style Section article today. On July 28, the president will attend two private dinners in Manhattan to benefit the Democratic National Committee. He’ll be guest of honor for a $30,000-a-head event at the four-story Sullivan Street townhouse of Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who is […]
American Crossroads in the news
Politico has an update on American Crossroads here with a headline about “secret donors.” Political Director Carl Forti talked about the group in Campaigns & Elections. The interview quotes Forti as follows: I think our goal is to spend money where we think it can be most effective. So we’re just going to have to […]