Month: November 2008

The Obama Micro-Donors and “Public” Financing

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 25, 2008
Categories In FEC

It looks like George W. Bush perfected the Obama small donor fundraising model before Obama did. Who knew?

PACs in the News

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 25, 2008
Categories In FEC

The AP reports that Janet Napolitano heads a PAC. Napolitano is honorary chairwoman of the Competitive Edge PAC, which took in at least $390,000 in the 2007-08 election cycle. Its fundraising includes about $315,000 from individuals and $65,500 from political action committees. Competitive Edge resembles the so-called leadership PACs maintained by many members of Congress […]

Campaign Assets

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 24, 2008
Categories In FEC

The campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton is getting some attention from Politico for its handling of presidential campaign assets. Until about three weeks ago, signs in the windows of Clinton’s suburban Washington campaign headquarters advertised a moving sale and offered all kinds of office equipment for purchase, and some equipment is still listed for sale […]