Month: September 2008

SEIU, Planned Parenthood

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 16, 2008
Categories In FEC, IRS

NPR’s “Secret Money Project” reports on SEIU and Planned Parenthood ads “against McCain.” That’s $2 million in “secret money.” The McCain-Palin ticket advances. Obama-Biden starts slipping. Enter Obama’s outside helpers…

The Bundling Game

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 16, 2008
Categories In FEC

The Post‘s Business Section covers the bundling game. Obama and McCain have assembled an army of these fundraisers, known as bundlers, who draw on basic business tactics such as networking and teambuilding to get the last buck for their candidate. Bundlers in the same camp even compete against one another to see who can raise […]

ACORN Voter Registrations: “Duplicate and Fraudulent”

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 15, 2008
Categories In Michigan, Voting

The Detroit Free Press contains this interesting article on voter registration issues in Michigan. “There appears to be a sizeable number of duplicate and fraudulent applications,” said Kelly Chesney, spokeswoman for the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office. “And it appears to be widespread.” Chesney said her office has had discussions with ACORN officials after local […]