Clips | Public Campaign

Dec12

Clips Round-up for 12/12/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Dec 12, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Donor secrecy in political campaigns is unethical
"The enormous stash of secret money already flooding into this presidential race makes Watergate look quaint."

Who is paying for political ads?

Dec09

Clips Round-up for 12/9/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Dec 09, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Public campaign financing will stop rule of wealthy
A letter in NY: "Only public campaign financing can preserve American democracy from the connivance of the very rich and the politically powerful in establishing plutocracy ... rule by the immensely wealthy. "

Dec08

Clips Round-up for 12/8/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Dec 08, 2011

We're looking for two smart, hard-working, and ambitious campaign organizers. Know any? http://campaignmoney.org/jobs_campaigners.

Also, if you're following the Richard Cordray vote in the Senate today, we've pulled Wall Street numbers here: http://campaignmoney.org/press-room/2011/12/06/background-memo-will-wall-street-money-sway-cfpb-nomination-votes.

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Measure to curb union, corporate clout qualifies

Dec06

Clips Round-up for 12/6/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Dec 06, 2011

"Failure to update the matching funds component of the law to reflect modern realities would marginalize voters by making the Legislature for sale to the highest bidder," the Times Record <http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2011/12/05/opinion/editorials/doc4edd04d02d33c159554599.txt> in Maine editorializes on the state's Clean Elections system. Our David Donnelly, who ran the Clean Elections ballot initiative campaign, points out this was the first paper to endorse the plan back then.

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections

Dec01

Clips Round-up for 12/1/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Dec 01, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Reform groups trying to preserve presidential public financing system
On the letter a lot of us sent up to the Hill opposing efforts to end presidential public financing
- And PCAF put out this statement yesterday saying the vote on this will be used for our electoral targeting decisions next year: http://campaignmoney.org/press-room/2011/11/30/watchdog-watching-presidential-public-financing-vote.

Nov30

Clips Round-up for 11/30/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Nov 30, 2011

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Legislative panel sputters on Clean Elections consensus
Ugh: A Maine House committee failed to come to a consensus yesterday to fix the Clean Elections program. They just removed the triggers.
- More here: http://www.pressherald.com/news/gop-may-get-last-word-on-clean-election-funds_2011-11-30.html

Nov29

Clips Round-up for 11/29/11

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Nov 29, 2011

Oh no! Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) isn't running for re-election! A Fair Elections supporter, Frank once said, "We’re the only people I know who are expected to take large amounts of money from perfect strangers and have it have no effect on our behavior." Here's the Globe story on his departure: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/11/29/barney_frank_potent_political_force_and_master_of_one_liners/?p1=News_links.

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections

Nov22