[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/29/14

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Jul 28 20:55:48 PDT 2014 

<http://electionlawblog.org/>


    "Leaked Memo Tells Senate Candidate To Spend 80 Percent Of Her Time
    Raising Money" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63797>

Posted on July 28, 2014 8:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63797>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/michelle-nunn-fundraising_n_5628018.html>'s 
Paul Blumenthal:

    A campaign strategy memo prepared for Georgia Democratic Senate
    candidate Michelle Nunn last year and leaked online on Monday
    reveals far more than just the inner workings of one high-profile
    Senate campaign. Details in the memo illuminate the dominant role of
    fundraising in the political world.

    "Hitting our targets will require us to prioritize fundraising above
    all else and to focus the candidate's time on it with relentless
    intensity," the memo
    <http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/235287519?access_key=key-7XLZhUlmcqs8zb0ft3xs&allow_share=true&escape=false&view_mode=scroll>,
    written in December 2013 and leaked to National Review
    <http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383894/michelle-nunns-campaign-plan-eliana-johnson#GASen>,
    states in a section on the campaign's finance plan.

    To reach the campaign's target of raising $15 million to $20 million
    for the entire race, the memo urges that Nunn's time be budgeted
    almost exclusively for fundraising, at least until the tail end of
    the race. Nunn, who would face no serious competition in the
    Democratic primary, should spend between 70 and 80 percent of her
    time raising money from January through September, according to the
    memo. Only in October does the recommended fundraising time drop to
    50 percent.

    The memo estimates that there are 2,500 campaign hours in 2014 and
    recommends that 2,201 of them be spent raising money.

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    "Spending Big to Fight Big Donors in Campaigns"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63795>

Posted on July 28, 2014 7:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63795>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nick Confessore 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/29/us/spending-big-to-fight-big-donors.html?ref=politics>/NYT 
on Lessig/Mayday PAC.

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    "Coming soon: A campaign run entirely by super PACs"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63793>

Posted on July 28, 2014 4:05 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63793>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/07/28/coming-soon-a-campaign-run-entirely-by-super-pacs/>.

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    "Cuomo Defends His Handling of Ethics Panel"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63791>

Posted on July 28, 2014 11:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63791>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/29/nyregion/cuomo-defends-his-handling-of-ethics-panel.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHeadline&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news>

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    "One GOP Consultant, Two Campaigns and a Snarl of Outside Groups"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63789>

Posted on July 28, 2014 11:05 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63789>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Must-read Open Secrets deep dive 
<http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/07/one-gop-consultant-two-campaigns-and-a-snarl-of-outside-groups/>:

    Bruce Rauner is a Chicago billionaire who has never held political
    office, yet this spring he mowed down a crowd of rivals and claimed
    the GOP nomination to be Illinois' next governor. David Perdue is a
    wealthy former executive who also has never been elected to public
    office, yet he too knocked off a string of far more experienced
    Republican opponents to win the party's Senate nomination in Georgia.

    Despite never having endured a run for office, both men battled
    through crowded fields studded with much more campaign-savvy
    candidates, digging into their own wallets to heavily finance their
    bids. In a primary season defined by the insider-vs-outsider story
    line, in both cases the new-guy-with-money pushed by the insiders
    and outsiders and got the win.

    The pair are seeking very different offices in very different
    states, and don't seem particularly ideologically aligned. But their
    campaigns have had two common elements, aside from their success
    thus far.

    First, both benefited from large ad buys by a mysterious Ohio
    nonprofit that hides its donors and has no obvious interest in
    Rauner or Perdue's campaigns. The ads have harshly attacked the two
    men's rivals.

    Second, they both employed a political consultant named Nick Ayers.

    And Ayers, it turns out, worked for the very same groups that funded
    the attacks against Rauner and Perdue's opponents.

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    Kobach in Bitter Republican Primary for Kansas Secretary of State
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63787>

Posted on July 28, 2014 9:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63787>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brad Cooper writes f 
<http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article761135.html>or the 
/KC Star./

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    "When Did Companies Become People? Excavating The Legal Evolution"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63785>

Posted on July 28, 2014 8:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63785>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nina Totenberg reports 
<http://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335288388/when-did-companies-become-people-excavating-the-legal-evolution> 
for NPR.

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    "GOP's Back Market: Anti-Incumbent Campaigns"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63783>

Posted on July 28, 2014 8:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63783>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico reports 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/2014-elections-republican-consultants-109421.html>.

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    "Little Sunlight as Obama Raises Super PAC Dollars"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63781>

Posted on July 28, 2014 8:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63781>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/sunlight-obama-raises-super-pac-dollars-24707387>.

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    "Communicating Voluntary Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63779>

Posted on July 28, 2014 7:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63779>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Charles Nathan blogs 
<http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2014/07/28/communicating-voluntary-disclosure-of-corporate-political-spending/> 
at the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial 
Regulation.

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    Bauer on NYT Outside Spending Story
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63777>

Posted on July 28, 2014 7:50 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63777>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/07/political-spending-apparent-consequences/>

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