Bradley A. Smith penned an interesting piece for The Post assessing the impact of Obama’s decision to run a privately-financed campaign. Obama’s epic fundraising should put to rest all the shibboleths about campaign finance reform — that it is needed to prevent corruption, that it equalizes the playing field, or that tax subsidies are needed […]
Day: October 27, 2008
Doodad Pro & Friends
The Post covers Obama’s fundraising and issues associated with raising contributions over the internet. Sen. Barack Obama’s record-breaking $150 million fundraising performance in September has for the first time prompted questions about whether presidential candidates should be permitted to collect huge sums of money through faceless credit card transactions over the Internet. The FEC issued […]
It’s Raining FEC Chairmen
Today at 2 p.m. Bradley A. Smith will be hosting an online Q&A here. The current Chairman of the FEC was on C-SPAN’s Newsmakers yesterday. Scott Thomas was quoted in this Post report on internet fundraising.