Hillary Clinton’s Bulldog Blazes New Campaign Finance Trails

[cali]

David Brock, one of the most influential operatives in the Democratic Party, never doubted that he would spend the 2016 cycle working to make Hillary Clinton president. The question was how he should do it while staying on the right side of the law.

“I essentially had to make a decision. Do I want to be involved in supervising and handling the research against the Republican candidates?” he told me recently, for a story that runs this week in TIME magazine. “Or do I want to be involved in some combination of defense and offense for Hillary Clinton?”

The answer it turns out was a little bit of both. As his lawyers drafted memos with his options for how to keep his activities legal, he found that he could keep his hand in several different operations at the same time without running afoul of the law, helping manage Correct the Record, a super PAC devoted to defending Clinton, while staying on the board of a separate super PAC that raises money to promote her campaign. The first group has close ties to the Clinton campaign; the second, legally, cannot coordinate spending with the campaign.

This have-most-of-your-cake-and-eat-it-too approach could provide a sort of road map for future political operatives, who may soon find that the lines that currently define the campaign finance landscape are more blurry than they seem.

You could consider him the first in a new generation of super staffers who can effectively advise the candidate while continuing to raise and deploy unlimited amounts of money to get that person elected. “What they are doing with Correct the Record is groundbreaking,” explains Paul Ryan, a lawyer at the Campaign Legal Center, who is considering filing complaints with the Federal Election Commission and Justice Department challenging the group’s novel legal theories. “It is creating new ways to undermine campaign regulation.”

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http://time.com/4028459/david-brock-hillary-clinton-media-matters/

[SouthernProgressive]

1. Outside of the right wing fabricated email "scandal,"

she seems to be one step ahead of everyone else. Amazing how thorough her campaign has been at every level. Did you see the women in SC launch yesterday. Really making great moves and not acting like she has to follow history. That's how it's done.

[cali]

4. Her campaign is not doing so well. announcing a remake in the NYT?

And that Sanders is doing so well in Iowa and NH, is indicative of serious problems that have ramifications beyond the primary. He really shouldn't be competitive with her anywhere. Polling trends for her awful though she has a commanding lead. And they've been lousy for months now.

Her unfavorable ratings are deep under water. Republicans poll competitively against her. She'll be the nominee, but she and her clunky campaign better find their footing.

[SouthernProgressive]

6. There simply isn't any reality in this statement.

"Her campaign is not doing so well." It is actually laughable.

How many states does she have more then a ten point lead in?
How many delegates and super delegates have announced their support for her?
She is raising money from every single sector at a higher rate than any of her opponents.
Her closest contender isn't even in the race.

The only people who act like her poll trend is awful for her and shocking are Sanders supporters. Facts simply aren't on your side. Every single Clinton supporter knew her numbers were going to fall. It simply had to happen. Even with that fall, she is a frontrunner with her main rival so far behind that they are touting a couple of states. I'm calling Sanders her main rival out of respect for him. Biden is clearly a stronger rival than Sanders he just hasn't gotten into the race. That is how strong her lead is. Second place isn't even in the race. Third place is well behind second. Biden is actually a frontrunner to Sanders. Keep thinking otherwise no matter what reality says.

[cali]

7. yes, because no one is noting all this but me......

Except for numerous pundits and.dem insiders. You are the one living in fantasy denialville. And no campaign rolls out a reboot if things are going swimmingly. Period.

The facts are entirely on my side.

[Robbins]

8. Your the one living in fantast land

NH and Iowa are going terrable for her.Bernie is doing better in both now than obama was at this time in 2007

I heard same story on post iowa and NH states in 2008.things did change after Obama won Iowa.same will happen when bernie wins iowa and NH which isn't crazy thing to imagine anymore.

The race is turning into a revolt by the grassroots against the democratic establishment.

Dismissing bernie by saying biden is stronger? keep believing that like MSM.

[SouthernProgressive]

13. "NH and Iowa are going terrable for her."

While I don't think they will be terrible, they aren't going to be good for her. Even you are using the phrase "which isn't crazy thing to imagine anymore." That in itself shows I am well settled in reality. This revolt you are seeing isn't being seen by the rest of the country.

"Dismissing bernie by saying biden is stronger?"

I'm not dismissing Sanders by saying that. Biden, at the current moment, is simply further ahead in the polls than Sanders. I'm actually pretty excited to see what Biden does. It's no secret and doesn't take much thought to understand a majority of the support he is getting in polls will go to Hillary. That is no stretch at all. With the extreme frontrunner status she currently holds, imagine what the image will be if Biden doesn't go. She will be even further ahead by almost every single optic. Everything I laid out and all you have to come back with are two states. Look at all Clinton is currently in possession of. I appreciate the passion of Sanders supporters, but to act entitled to something because of polling in two states isn't very flattering.

[frylock]

10. She would've never set up that mail server if she were "one step ahead"

[SouthernProgressive]

12. I agree with that. Even alluded to it in my post. nt.

[DanTex]

2. Glad David Brock is doing this. Until we get CU overturned, someone needs to be a counterweight

to the Koch Brothers.

[MADem]

3. Paul Ryan, Lawyer and Whiner.

Since when, by any measure, should it be "illegal" for someone to defend themselves against bullshit half-truths and outright lies? Brock knows right where the lines are--this guy is sour-graping because Brock knows how to thread a needle.

Until Citizens United is repealed, it's all bullshit anyway.

[cali]

5. this is the stuff that Hillary herself has spoken out against.

[magical thyme]

9. dropping 15+ points in 4 months in national polls

and from a 60 point lead over Bernie to 25 points in that time frame, and now behind in the 1st 2 primary states.

3 words most associated with her name: liar, dishonest, untrustworthy

Yeah, she's doing just great!

[frylock]

11. keep up the good job!