[EL] Dick Morris's foreign money claims

[Robbin Stewart]

Whether the Obama campaign site accepts small foreign donations seems like
a testable proposition. Surely one of us knows a foreigner and could find
$100.

If there is a prompt request for return of the funds, I'm not sure this
would be unlawful.

As to the three things, I think the current laws are adequate, when there
is a will to conduct meaningful audits, and I agree Morris has credibility
issues.

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

>  Steve,
> Three things.
> 1. I hope you will join me in supporting enhanced disclosure laws to
> ensure that foreign money is not secretly flowing into our elections.
> 2. I believe the reason you don't see a lot of discussion of this on the
> editorial pages is that there's really nothing new in the GAI report.
> Here's what I wrote about it in a recent Slate column<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/10/will_republicans_accept_if_barack_obama_defeats_mitt_romney_.html>:
> ....
>


> 3. Dick Morris lacks fundamental credibility with journalists and others.
> So his sensationalism won't bring attention to an important issue.  In
> fact, it will convince journalists to ignore the issue.
> Rick
>
>
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