Day: May 13, 2009

Twitter Fail

The Politico reports on Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s apparently misguided tweet concerning his interest in higher office. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced he will be challenging Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) in a Republican primary – by accident. He posted a series of messages announcing his campaign on Twitter while on a trade mission […]

Democratic Governors Association in Virginia

According to this report, the Democratic Governors Association is being fined in connection with its donation to a group running ads critical of Bob McDonnell.   Ironic?  Because according to the article (and my memory), [t]he Virginia law on reporting by so-called 527 committees was strengthened in 2006 after McDonnell’s campaign for attorney general drew criticism […]