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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on April 14, 2008, 05:27:11 PM
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this is dirty pool. this can't be ruled on, because the congress can't agree on filling the vacancies in
the FEC, so the dems will play this up endlessly just to create the appearance of shady financing. this
takes a lot of gall; mccain is absolutely one of the original champions of campaign finance reform.
of course, the whole charade is to deflect attention from the fact that The BarackStar! is breaking his
pledge to accept public funding for his general election campaign.
Suit filed over McCain's campaign finances
The Democratic National Committee seeks to limit the amount the GOP candidate could spend before the convention.
The Democratic National Committee filed suit today to force the Federal Election Commission to rule on the legality of Sen. John McCain's decision to reject public financing for the primary campaign after initially considering taking the federal money.
Mired in conflict between Democrats and Republicans over a nominee to fill one of four empty commission seats, the six-member Federal Election Commission lacks a quorum. So the suit filed in federal court in Washington seeks court approval for the DNC to pursue legal actions against McCain.
The Republican National Committee denounced the suit as "total nonsense."
If the Democrats prevail, McCain would be limited in the amount he could spend in the months leading up to the GOP's convention in late summer.
Last July, at a time when his campaign was struggling, McCain indicated he would take matching federal funds for his primary. Later, he kept his campaign afloat by taking out a bank loan that, according to Democrats, promised the matching funds as collateral.
Once he became the presumptive nominee, McCain's fundraising increased to the point where he did not need the federal money -- or the restrictions on spending he would face by taking the money.
In a press release, DNC Executive Director Tom McMahon referred to McCain's history of pushing campaign finance restrictions, saying the senator has an "apparent belief that the reforms he championed apply to everyone but himself."
The suit comes as McCain contemplates taking a federal grant of $85 million for the general election, and swipes at Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the front-runner in the money race, for declining to say whether he would do the same.
link (http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-money15apr15,1,7605742.story)
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If ever there was a clear indication that the Dems don't think they can win this race...here it is.
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Yeah. How they thought this could be a good idea just blows my mind. This thing will have no traction at all, and will only backfire on them.
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Go ahead Dems. I can't wait to see how this plays out.
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Go ahead Dems. I can't wait to see how this plays out.
I gotta hand it to them, it's ingenious. it isn't resolvable until the congressional dem leadership fills the empty seats on the FEC (which is composed by 3 dems and 3 republicans when fully seated), and until then, it's this big shadow hanging over mccain's head. I seriously doubt the courts even have any jurisdiction here, but that will even take time to sort out. all the while, mccain is guilty until proven innocent.
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Yes, it will sell newspapers and generate a buzz. Which is really all they can hope for I guess. Sadly, it's enough in today's world. Oy.