Did Obama break new ground on ’small donors?’ Yes and no
November 24th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
President-elect Barack Obama received about the same percentage of his campaign funds from small donors as President Bush did in 2004, according to a study released today by the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute (CFI), USA TODAY's Fredreka Schouten reports. She...
RNC follows through: Sues FEC over campaign finance restrictions
As previewed in this morning's Washington Times, the Republican National Committee has today sued the Federal Election Commission. It is seeking, writes the Associated Press, "to overturn prohibitions on unregulated corporate and labor contributions and to make it easier to...Fun with numbers: McCain ran a ‘far more efficient campaign’
November 10th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Jay Tea at the conservative Wizbang blog does some number crunching this morning and comes up with these estimates: • President-elect Barack Obama's campaign spent "$4.83 for each popular vote, and $865,753.42 per electoral vote." • Republican nominee John McCain's...Hagan sues Dole over ‘atheist’ ad in NC Senate race
October 30th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Money in politics, Religion, Republicans, Senate
The North Carolina Senate race just got hotter. Democrat Kay Hagan has filed a defamation lawsuit against incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole for calling her an atheist saying she "took Godless money" from atheists. Dole questioned Hagan's faith in an ad...Gunsmith loses job after USA TODAY report about his contributions to Obama
"Montana gunsmith Dan Cooper has been ousted from his job as the top executive of the rifle company that bears his name because he told USA TODAY he supports Democrat Barack Obama for president," our colleague Ken Dilanian reports. In...Half-hour Obama ad to air on Univision as ‘American Stories’
October 28th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Media, Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008
From USA TODAY's Fredreka Schouten: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's half-hour prime-time commercial will air on Univision tomorrow night as well as on other networks, Univision officials confirmed today. Obama is paying $500,000 to broadcast the ad on the Spanish-language...Obama fundraising drops, McCain’s money dwindles
October 24th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
The two presidential candidates filed pre-election financial reports today with the Federal Election Commission. The overview for the first two weeks of October: Democrat Barack Obama did not raise money at nearly the clip he did in September, and Republican...NYT: Palin’s stylist was paid $22,800 in first two weeks of October
October 24th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Amy Strozzi, who has been overseeing Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's makeup and doing other consulting services for the GOP ticket, "was paid $22,800 for the first two weeks of October alone," The New York Times' The Caucus blog...Ethics group files complaint over Palin’s wardrobe
October 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ethics, Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
An ethics watchdog group says in a complaint to the Federal Election Commission that the Republican National Committee and GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin violated election law in buying $150,000 on clothes for her and her family. The group...