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Scandals Undermine Obama Fundraising
Grizzly Groundswell | July 17th 2008 by Doug Welch
Internet lotteries, misuse of tax exempt church resources, and campaign-sanctioned hate speech cut into Obama fundraising Two or three months ago, Republicans’ biggest fear was that Obama’s sophisticated Internet network would raise enough money read more
McCain's Mountain is a Molehill
The Spitting Vessel | June 20th 2008 by Durano Lawayan a.k.a. Brad Spit
Apart from exposing how out of touch he is with the current voter's pulse, presumptive GOP Presidential Nominee John McCain also gave an indication of the relatively meager campaign funds he has at his disposal. An indication of inadequate support or read more
McCain Has More Money Than The Democrats
Aisha Music | May 28th 2008 by Aisha
Hillary Wasting Obama’s Funds Fighting Her Democrats Having Trouble Raising Money For Denver Convention McCain and his wife Cindy Due to Democratic senator Hillary Clinton’s selfishness in continuing to stay in a race she has lost, read more
Hans Van Spakovsky Withdraws From FEC Nomination
Mirror On America | May 16th 2008
From The Associated Press:FEC nominee withdraws nameBy The Associated PressFriday, May 16, 2008(05-16) 13:55 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --President Bush's contentious nominee for the Federal Election Commission has yanked his name from consideration, poten read more
Tell US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on…
All Things Reform | May 1st 2008 by David Weller
Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW) has launched a new campaign website called Fix the FEC. Since early this year, the Federal Election Commission has been without a quorum of its commissioners (there are only two of the norma read more
Is That Soft Money in Your Pocket? The FEC Isn’t Around to…
Election Geek | April 14th 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch takes a look at the effects of the Federal Election Commission on the 2008 election season, an agency the paper describes as “essentially closed for business”. read more
McCain returns election matching funds certification to Nordstrom…
Mr_Blog | February 26th 2008
These days customer service is thought of as having gone out of style long ago. But it's still very much in fashion at the high-end clothing retailer Nordstrom. James Choo, a sales associate in the shoe department of the Tyson's Corner Nordstrom i read more
Obama Backers Seek to Shut Down Pro-Clinton Org
91701: MyWatch | February 24th 2008 by Michael Foxworth
[ALTACITIES.COM] ... OBAMA BACKERS SEEK TO SHUT DOWN PRO-CLINTON ORGANIZATION: A group of Obama backers are seeking to shut down an outside poliktical group launched last week to fund television advertisements lauding New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. T read more
Karen Tumulty/Swampland: “The Public Financing Question”
ElectionNightHQ.com | February 20th 2008 by ElectionNightHQ.com Publisher
One of the aspects of the potential matchup between Senators McCain and Barack Obama in November, has been the convention that both candidates may agree to - that is, to accept only public financing in the general election. More on this subject fro read more
Presidential candidate fundraising in 2007
All Things Reform | February 19th 2008 by David Weller
The Campaign Finance Institute has issued a press release on this election cycle's presidental candidate fundraising, and how it compares with the odd year of previous cycles. The data includes all of 2007, up to the latest from the Federal Election read more
The Federal Election Commission will be without quorum effective…
All Things Reform | December 22nd 2007 by David Weller
According to an article in today's Washington Post, the FEC (Federal Election Commission), the regulatory agency for congressional and presidential campaigns, will be without a voting quorum of four commissioners effective December 31st. This means t read more
Tell the FEC NO on this Friday's ruling about presidential public…
All Things Reform | December 12th 2007 by David Weller
Public Campaign has issued a letter to the FEC (Federal Election Commission) concerning the public financing of presidential elections. The FEC is considering a ruling that would prevent some small-dollar donations given through the web from trigger read more
Huckabee Spikes, Raising $50,000-Plus Daily
Bob McCarty Writes | October 4th 2007
Sources inside the Mike Huckabee for President campaign tell Bob McCarty Writes™ the former Arkansas governor’s fund-raising efforts have spiked in recent days — to the point that it raised $160,000 during the first three days of Octobe read more
Democrat Apparatchik Files Complaint Against Fred Thompson
Hennessy's View | August 20th 2007
A Democrat apparatchik named Lane Hudson has filed a complaint against Fred Thompson with the Federal Election Commission, according to WaPo. The lefty claims that Thompson is violating the law by operating like a candidate without declaring his cand read more
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