The Times takes note of an apparent element of Mayor Bloomberg’s reelection campaign. As [Bloomberg’s] campaign sought to overpower any candidate considering challenging him, Mr. Bloomberg commissioned a telephone poll last month that spread derogatory information about Representative Anthony D. Weiner, one of the mayor’s possible rivals in the race.
Month: April 2009
White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard’s Disclosure
I previously noted some overlapping dates on White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard’s Public Financial Disclosure Report. According to Whorunsgov.com‘s profile, Mr. Gaspard apparently left SEIU Local 1199 in 2007.
Critical Looks at the Fair Elections Now Act
Hans A. von Spakovsky, a visiting legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation and a former member of the Federal Election Commission, wrote this Politico editorial on the Fair Elections Now Act. Jeff Patch of the Center for Competitive Politics discussed the editorial here.