The DNC wants answers on rather or not McCain has broken the law by withdrawing from the federal finance system. A judge had ruled earlier that the FEC could convene without a quorum, but the FEC seems to be ignoring that judges decision.
Or as the front page of today’s Washington Post puts it: Anti-Lobbyist Candidate Is Advised by Lobbyists Yup – McCain gets another day of great news. But that isn’t all. Also appearing on the front page of today’s WaPo: FEC Warns McCain on Campaign Spending Oh the straight talk express has really derailed now. More […]
I can’t believe I am here defending John McCain, but this is getting to be ridiculous: Continuing his attack on Republican frontrunner Sen. John McCain, conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh devoted a significant portion of his radio show Monday to urging conservatives not to vote for the senator in tomorrow’s Super Tuesday contests. For […]
I posted earlier this week about Cincinnati billionaire Carl Lindner and his deep pockets for the GOP. As you recall, Lindner was the CEO of Chiquita during the time they were supporting terrorist organizations in South America. In that post I directed the readers to Newsmeat to check out Carl’s past donations. I also noted that […]
ABC wants to turn into a right wing propaganda machine, then so be it. We will go after them where it hurts – their advertisers. They have fully shown their partisanship in the new 9/11 documentary, and Think Progress has uncovered more evidence of it: ABC has been aggressively advancing its inaccurate and politically slanted […]
AWWW how sad: The fundraising organization that helped vault former Rep. Tom DeLay to Republican leadership ranks in the House and distributed election money to numerous Republicans has been fined for campaign finance violations and is shutting down. Under an agreement with the Federal Election Commission, Americans for a Republican Majority’s political action committee agreed […]
Bush has done another large round of recess appointments. Included in the list is Julie Myers which has sparked some outrage by conservatives such asMichele Malkin. It is being coined as the latest in Bush’s cronyism. Myers has been appointed to head the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Homeland Security. Raw Story has […]
From the Associated Press FEC Sues Pro-Republican Political Group By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer Federal election officials Monday sued a political group to try to force it to comply with campaign finance limits, the first lawsuit of its kind to arise from big-money fundraising during the 2004 elections. The Federal Election Commission filed a […]