VENTI PUBLICITY FOR STARBUCKS CEO. Politico. “Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz continued his rhetorical war against Washington gridlock Tuesday during a conference call and webcast castigating the White House and Congress for the nation’s deficit and unemployment rate.” IS THE EDWARDS CASE POLITICAL? That’s the question posed in this report. “Edwards, who ran for president twice […]
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Here are today’s political law links for Thursday, August 25th
SUPER PACS IN THE NEWS. The Post. “The end result of all these developments is that candidates in 2012 stand to benefit from a vast new fundraising apparatus with far fewer restrictions than those applying to the campaigns themselves. That could be particularly important in the Republican primaries, where pro-GOP super PACs are poised to […]
Political law links for Wednesday, August 24
THE QUAKE AT THE COMMISSION. The Federal Election Commission building apparently made it through yesterday’s earthquake visibly undamaged. The building dates back to the 30’s. Per a National Register of Historic Places registration form, “The nine-story building was designed by Waddy B. Wood in 1930 as an office building for the Potomac Electric Power Company […]