OPPO IN THE MAINSTREAM. Politico. “Opposition research, long vilified and romanticized as a kind of political dark art, has stepped out of the closet for the 2012 presidential campaign, in which current and former opposition researchers are taking prominent roles, the self-described ‘high road’ candidate has an extensive research operation and the climate couldn’t be […]
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Commissioner on Twitter, profiles in Politico, draft EO update, and more political law links
WHO’S ON TWITTER? Ann Ravel, the Chair of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, is on Twitter here. The story is here. The agency’s new Facebook page is here. K ST. AND THE DEBT CEILING. The Hill. POLITICAL LAWYERS PROFILED IN POLITICO. Here. A FEW ITEMS OF INTEREST. “The Influence Industry” feature in The Post has […]
Feignfold fighting, tax-exempt status denials, Waters news, and more political law links
FEINGOLD FIGHTING. Roll Call. “‘Almost nothing of our election laws is still standing,’ said Feingold, who now heads the political action committee Progressives United. The PAC’s mission is to counter and eventually reverse the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, which overturned the long-standing ban on corporate and union spending for […]