Cal Dems Go After Rudy: The Wages of Campaign Finance Laws |
| Published: October 4, 2007, 9:43 am |
| Tags: 2008 |
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Of late we've seen a plethora of cases in which campaign finance laws are being invoked for blatantly political purposes, see here and here, or for blatant silliness. See here. This week brings another case of what might be termed "complaint abuse," this time in a complaint filed against Rudy Giuliani by California Democrats. " More . . . Here, a Democratic group calling themselves Californians for Fair Election Reform, with longtime Democratic operative Chris Lehane as spokesman, Democratic lawyer James Harrison signing the papers, and Democratic donor Tom Steyer in the Chair, has filed a complaint against Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign. It appears that their theory goes something like this: 1) An initiative was proposed in California that would award the state's votes in the electoral college by congressional district, rather than winner takes all. As it is presumed that Democrats will take California statewide (although perhaps not, ironically, if Giuliani is the [ Full article ] |
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