The Times has an editorial on The Real Truth About Obama litigation in federal court. Posing as a mere “issue advocacy” operation, the group’s ad attacks Mr. Obama’s character and accuses him of “lying” about his abortion record. In truth, it trashes the candidate’s nuanced position. It even employs an Obama-like voice pledging to make […]
Category: IRS
Campaign Money Watch
Here’s news about an interesting 527. The ads are being paid for with large, unregulated contributions from Democrat-affiliated donors, which puts the group in a position that might seem at odds with longtime reform efforts to restrict the use of unregulated money, or so-called “soft money,” in political campaigns.
Donors in Danger?
Reid Cox covers the recent report that the Department of Justice will not pursue donors to independent groups. Thus, while “contributors” may be off the criminal hook, and seem not usually to be targets of the FEC’s civil enforcement, none of this means that those donors won’t have to play a role-at their expense-in those […]