How a super PAC plans to coordinate directly with Hillary Clinton’s campaign

[kristopher]

This is relevant because of the reporting about the PPP debate poll this group sponsored. They unquestionably had the opportunity, ability and the inclination to slant the polling.
Polling thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251812304

How a super PAC plans to coordinate directly with Hillary Clinton’s campaign

By Matea Gold May 12

Hillary Clinton’s campaign plans to work in tight conjunction with an independent rapid-response group financed by unlimited donations, another novel form of political outsourcing that has emerged as a dominant practice in the 2016 presidential race.

On Tuesday, Correct the Record, a pro-Clinton rapid-response operation, announced it was splitting off from its parent American Bridge and will work in coordination with the Clinton campaign as a stand-alone super PAC. The group’s move was first reported by the New York Times.

That befuddled many campaign finance experts, who noted that super PACs, by definition, are political committees that solely do independent expenditures, which cannot be coordinated with a candidate or political party. Several said the relationship between the campaign and the super PAC would test the legal limits.

But Correct the Record believes it can avoid the coordination ban by relying on a 2006 Federal Election Commission regulation that declared that content posted online for free, such as blogs, is off limits from regulation. The “Internet exemption” said that such free postings do not constitute campaign expenditures, allowing independent groups to consult with candidates about the content they post on their sites. By adopting the measure, the FEC limited its online jurisdiction to regulating paid political ads.

The rules “totally exempt individuals who engage in political activity on the Internet from the restrictions of the campaign finance laws. The exemption ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/05/12/how-a-super-pac-plans-to-coordinate-directly-with-hillary-clintons-campaign/

[marym625]

1. K&R!

I just finished reading this a few minutes ago.
#FeelTheBern
#Bernie2016

[99th_Monkey]

2. Introducing the Clinton Smear Machine.

If Bernie buys a package of Girl Scout Cookies, he will be maligned for
"Patronizing Monsanto!!" because those cookies MAY contain wheat made
from GMO flour.

This ^ is how low David Brock's slime mongering Correct the Record Super-Pac
stoops to.

[Duckhunter935]

3. Yep and her supporters

Give her a total pass on this.

[Jarqui]

4. Hopefully, Clinton's team has looked at this carefully

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/05/12/how-a-super-pac-plans-to-coordinate-directly-with-hillary-

clintons-campaign/
“The Internet exemption wasn’t meant for a political committee to raise unlimited money in coordination with a candidate,” said Larry Noble, senior counsel at the Campaign Legal Center. “It was meant for bloggers. It was not intended to be this massive operation where you are outsourcing your rapid response team.”

Fred Wertheimer, president of the advocacy group Democracy 21, said “it certainly looks like this new operation will violate the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which prevents an entity set up by a candidate or acting on behalf of a candidate, from raising or spending unlimited contributions, or soft money.”

“In addition, if this entity is operating as a policy arm of the campaign, it will be violating the coordination laws if it raises and spends soft money, whether or not it runs ads or other public communications,” he added.

If there's the slightest odor of impropriety (as those comments suggest), won't the GOP's legal beagles be all over them at some point (they may wait until the general election for a more timely smear)?

[angrychair]

5. She has to do it

Because everyone else is doing it. It's only this time, then she will stop.
She can stop anytime...anytime....just this one election and no more....really....

[Scuba]

6. When Scott Walker did this Democrats called for indictments.

[beam me up scottie]

7. K & R