So what does it mean that, despite a record that includes lobbying for an abortion rights advocacy group and a stand against amending the Constitution to ban abortion, Fred Thompson apparently has gotten the endorsement of the nation’s pre-eminent anti-abortion political organization, the Natonal Right to Life Committee? In many ways, the move reflects how [...]
Romney piled on McCain for third-party ads touting him in South Carolina, saying “It is an entire end-run on any effort to control campaign spending and offer transparency,” and adding “that the legislation championed by McCain in 2002 to overhaul campaign finance had turned out to be a failure.” McCain senior adviser Mark Salter sent [...]
This SwampCast is about the high standard Clinton has set for herself, and about the balancing act she has to perform to vault over it. (LA Times on how all campaigns plant questions here.)
The Los Angeles Times on the actor’s sliding campaign. As I suspected, Thompson’s candidacy is this year’s Wes Clark…and an object lesson for future latecomers: It’s hard to jump full-speed into a presidential campaign, even an interminable one…and impossible if you’re lazy. The early months of a campaign are crucial for fund-raising, yes, but also [...]
Liberal bloggers did indeed raise the $100,000 they were seeking for Democratic challenger Donna Edwards in her uphill campaign to unseat incumbent Maryland Congressman Al Wynn. Over the weekend, the Washington Post also had this piece on the primary race, and the role the internet is playing.
Clearly, that story about McCain is catching some people’s attention. Jay’s post has the most information, if you want to choose just one.
The McCain campaign, having enjoyed a resurgence of late, continues to suffer from its lack of funds. And now it will suffer because of the candidate’s principles. The New York Times today carries a front-page piece about the emergence of a new 501 c (4) group that has been broadcasting an ad on cable TV [...]
Five years after the McCain-Feingold bill was signed into law, unregulated political contributions, known as soft money, are back in a big way. Today’s fascinating New York Times story about the new incarnations of soft money that are entering presidential politics–which focuses on a new organization that, ironically enough, seems to be putting its efforts [...]
Today’s NYT story on the role of 527s independent expenditure groups (including both 501c(4) groups and 527s) this cycle aimed to hit John McCain where it would hurt him the most: his integrity. The NYT follows up on a story that broke last week concerning an independent group putting up pro-McCain ads in South Carolina [...]
I have a piece on Obama’s performance in Iowa last week, speculating he may have — to borrow a phrase — finally “turned up the heat.” There’s definitely a different feel to the campaign these days. As senior adviser David Axelrod put it: “It’s a much more visceral message now. It’s much more from his [...]
