Day: August 13, 2009

  • Americans for Campaign Reform

    Roll Call profiles Daniel Weeks and Americans for Campaign Reform in this article.

    In an interview Tuesday, the 2006 Yale University graduate also said the campaign finance community is ready for a makeover. Weeks said “from the start” reformers have been too aligned with “left-of-center” political ideology, which has discouraged possible conservative allies from affiliating themselves with a liberal-leaning cause.

    Unlike other Washington, D.C.-based groups, Weeks says his organization is not taking foundation grants, relying instead on a network of 2,500 supporters to fund its $350,000 annual budget.

    “He’s part of a new generation that’s become deeply involved in the campaign finance issues and the campaign finance battles,” Wertheimer said Wednesday. “His value in this battle is that he’s extremely talented and very committed to the issue and prepared to make the kind of commitments that you have to make to fight campaign finance reform battles.”

  • Sarah Palin’s Wardrobe Update

    The Post’s Reliable Source column does some digging into the whereabouts of Sarah Palin’s 2008 campaign wardrobe.

  • Surgeon General Nominee and Burger King

    0813grIs a drive-thru ethics waiver in order for Surgeon General nominee Dr. Regina Benjamin?  The Washington Times reports that she’s advised Burger King in a scientific advisory board. (Pictured: Burger King, White House ethics adviser Norm Eisen.)