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Hillary’s List
BY Caitlin Ginley | November 27, 2007
EMILY’s List, a political network whose mission is to elect pro-choice Democratic women to office, reports spending $100,000 — the most any outside group has spent on a candidate this cycle — on the early stages of an Iowa media blitz for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Bring ’Em On
BY Josh Israel | November 20, 2007
The Federal Election Commission gives a green light for corporations and labor unions to run “issue ads” in the weeks leading up to elections. Its unanimous decision bows to the Supreme Court’s decision in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc., and significantly weakens provisions of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act that were aimed at limiting independent advertisements that attack or promote political candidates.
The Trickle Before the Flood?
BY Sarah Laskow | November 12, 2007
The Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America, a nonprofit organization that’s running television ads featuring Republican John McCain, might be “the first trickle in the flood of hundreds of millions of dollars” from similar groups trying to influence the election, The New York Times reports. McCain has asked supporters to refrain from making donations to the organization or any other such groups supporting his candidacy.
The Next Big Thing
BY Sarah Laskow | November 12, 2007
A new 527 organization, The Fund for America, will funnel money from liberal individuals and organizations into radio and television advertisements and direct-mail campaigns, according to The New York Times and Roll Call, a Washington-based political newspaper. In what the Times calls “the first step in that effort,” a group that included liberal financiers George Soros and Steve Bing met two weeks ago at Washington’s posh Mandarin Oriental hotel to discuss strategies for shoring up the eventual Democratic presidential nominee.
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