| Subject: news of the day 3/11/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 3/11/2004, 7:47 AM |
| To: election-law |
The Nation offers this
report,
which begins: "did Larry Klayman, the conservative lawyer/provocateur
who spent much of the 1990s suing Clinton-related targets via his
Judicial Watch and accusing the Bill-and-Hillary crowd of vast
corruptions, recently try to skirt campaign-finance law to obtain an
illegal million-dollar boost for his back-of-the-pack US Senate
campaign in Florida?"
Stuart Rothenberg offers this oped
at Roll Call,
which begins: "While most political reporters, television producers and
political insiders are focusing on the Bush campaign’s huge war chest
and financial advantage in the pre-convention period, they have
overlooked a potentially more interesting story: the Bush campaign’s
financial positioning for the general election. Although the
presidential nominee of each major party receives $74.6 million in
public funds for the general election, the Kerry campaign will actually
already be at a financial disadvantage by the time both parties have
formally nominate their candidates. The discrepancy follows from the
fact that Democratic Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) will receive his $74.6
million as soon as he officially becomes the Democratic nominee on the
evening of Wednesday, July 28, while President Bush will receive his
$74.6 million on the evening of Sept. 1. "
The
Washington Post; New
York Times; PoliticsNH;
The
Independent (UK); Cox
News Service; Mother
Jones; Washington
Times; Roll
Call (registration required).
The New York Times also issued this
editorial.
The Hill offers this report.
I would appreciate a link to or copy of the letter if one is available.
A.P. offers this
report. Thanks to Dan Tokaji for the the
pointer.
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