Super PACS Could Define Presidential Campaign
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 5th, 2011 4:37 am by HL
Super PACS Could Define Presidential Campaign
The Washington Post reports a new breed of “super PACs” and other independent groups “are poised to spend more money than ever to sway federal elections.”
“The rise of these independent groups, which can raise unlimited amounts of money from corporations, unions and other wealthy donors and spend it to help their favored candidates, could end up defining the 2012 campaign. But some of the groups could also pose a threat to established campaigns, which may find it difficult to stop them from wandering off message or committing strategic blunders.”
Romney Flops Back on the Recession
The New York Times notes that Mitt Romney has returned to his original claim that President Obama “made the recession worse” after denying he had made such a claim, despite repeatedly doing so since launching his presidential campaign.
Speaking at an Independence Day parade in New Hampshire, Romney told the crowd, “the recession is deeper because of our president…it’s seen an anemic recovery because of our president,” before flatly saying that the president “made the recession worse.”
The Absurdity of Soundbites
The BBC has a bizarre interview with British Labour leader Ed Miliband who responded to every question with the same statement.
Damon Green, the ITV News correspondent who did the pooled story, told The Guardian that the interview was “so absurd” that it is only “perfectly proper” that the full un-edited version of it “has found its way onto YouTube… to be laughed at along with all the clips of cats falling off sofas”.
Gingrich Suggests Campaign is in Debt
Newt Gingrich told the Los Angeles Times that his upcoming fundraising report will be bleak.
Said Gingrich: “The fact is a month of media barrage is painful, and it slowed a lot of things down. Our numbers will not be as good as we would like, and candidly, the consultants left us in debt. But every single week since they left we’ve been cutting down the debt, and we raise more than we spend in a week.”
