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Eric Kleefeld
When Is An Ad Starring A Candidate Not About The Candidate?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 10, 2008 - 8:14pmA new series of ads by the Oregon Democrats raises an interesting question: Is the state party trying to evade campaign finance rules by running so-called "issue ads" -- which ostensibly aren't supposed to be about the candidates -- that just so happen to star their nominee for Senate?
RNC Lawyers Warn Nets Against Airing Anti-McCain Ad
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 29, 2008 - 7:50amThe Republican National Committee has developed a new method for rebutting attack ads against John McCain: Send threatening letters to any cable networks that might run them. RNC chief counsel Sean Cairncross has notified NBC, CNN and MSNBC that he believes the new Democratic ad attacking John McCain's "maybe a hundred" years in Iraq line is illegal on two counts: 1) It is misleading, in that Cairncross says it distorts McCain's words, and 2) It constitutes collaboration between the Clinton and Obama camps and the DNC in fashioning a message against McCain.
