LAWSUIT OVER ELECTION LOSS? Peter Roff writes here. “When voters in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District threw Democrat Steve Driehaus out of office after only one term, he did not bow out gracefully. No, he decided to get even. So he did what anyone does in today’s culture: he sued somebody.” CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DONORS’ CHILDREN. Story […]
Month: October 2011
Political law links for Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011
MCCAIN MUGGED? Politico. ““What happened to [McCain] was, he — I think he feels he got mugged first by the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, who walked away from the public financing of the general election, and then by the press, who let Obama get away with it,” said [Trevor] Potter in an interview for POLITICO’s […]
Monday’s political law links
2012 AD BARRAGE. AdvertisingAge. “The economy may still be flirting with a double-dip recession and marketers might be mulling a trim to the ad budgets, yet it’s all but certain the 2012 election season will break previous spending records. In the presidential race alone, money spent on TV and digital advertising will grow substantially, topping […]