An Indiana candidate has pleaded guilty in a campaign finance case. E-mails were the smoking gun that shot down Matt Kelty’s political career and led him to plead guilty on the day the ex-Republican mayoral candidate’s political corruption trial was set to begin. In the e-mails, it shows Kelty covers up the fact political benefactor […]
Author: Eric Brown
Standards Upended
The Times reports that the Obama campaign “has upended standards for raising money in presidential campaigns.” The impact on the way presidential campaigns are financed is likely to be profound, potentially providing an epitaph on the tombstone of the existing public finance system.
Yard Sign Peace in Our Time
One Maryland jurisdiction seeks peace reagrding recent yard sign vandalism. A spate of political sign vandalism in the county has escalated to the point that officials of both major parties came together to implore residents to respect one another’s right to free speech. Democrats say 800 of 4,000 Obama yard signs have been vandalized or […]