[EL] Freedom Caucus to Battle McConnell on Campaign Finance

[Steve Klein]

Some of the quotes indicate support for "full deregulation," and that the
objection is that it's only party coordination deregulation that McConnell
is interested in. I don't think arguments for such equivalence will go very
far.

My takeaway from the article is that the caucus objects to parties being
parties instead of badges. Said caucus doesn't even like the badge at
times, but that's also an issue for another thread.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> I'm surprised because of the ideological valence of the issue. That is, I
> expect members of the "Freedom Caucus" to support full deregulation of the
> campaign finance process.
>
> (I'm also skeptical of some of the arguments about polarization and
> campaign finance you make in your book, but that is an issue for another
> time.)
>
>
>
> On 12/2/15 7:54 AM, Ray La Raja wrote:
>
> Rick, regarding the news that they Freedom Caucus is opposed to
> McConnell’s bid to loosen party financing, why are you surprised (as you
> note at your blog)?   Channeling more money through the parties should
> diminish the clout of partisan factions at the extremes because it
> strengthens the hand of party leadership.  This is exactly the point Brian
> Schaffner and I make in our recent book, "Campaign Finance and Political
> Polarization: When Purists Prevail”
> https://www.press.umich.edu/4882255/campaign_finance_and_political_polarization
>
> Ray La Raja, Associate Professor
> Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
> http://polsci.umass.edu/profiles/la-raja_ray/home
>
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