Independent groups
The Atlantic: The Obama Super PAC Ad Makes a Mockery of Campaign-Finance Laws
By David GrahamWell, here’s a bit of fortuitous timing. Just Monday, the Obama campaign released a new ad attacking Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital. The case study for the two-minute spot — which will run in Virginia, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Iowa — is GST Steel, a factory in Kansas City.
Associated Press: Ads highlight cozy campaign-super PAC relationship
By BETH FOUHYAn independent group with deep ties to the president’s re-election campaign launched a television ad Tuesday hitting Mitt Romney’s business practices at Bain Capital, just 24 hours after Obama’s team debuted its own ad attacking the Republican presidential candidate’s work at the private equity firm.
Associated Press: Super PAC backing Obama airs new ad challenging Romney’s business record
WASHINGTON — A super PAC supporting President Barack Obama is airing a new ad in five states questioning Republican Mitt Romney’s commitment to workers.
Disclosure
Roll Call: Court Supports Electioneering Ad Disclosures
By Eliza Newlin CarneyRep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has won another victory in his legal battle to force the Federal Election Commission to write stricter disclosure rules for certain types of political ads.
LA Times: Election decision may force disclosure of secret donors
By Matea GoldAdvocacy groups spending millions of dollars to influence the 2012 election now face the prospect of having to reveal their secret donors, after a federal appellate court panel refused to block a lower-court order requiring the disclosure.
Huffington Post: Campaign Finance Disclosure Decision Means Rove, Others Could Suddenly Have To Disclose Donors
By Paul BlumenthalOne of the most consequential campaign finance loopholes affecting the 2012 race — the one allowing big-money donors to secretly funnel millions into campaign ads — is now closed, after an appellate court ruling on Monday.
Candidates and parties
Politico: Democrats rush into arms of Super PACs
By JOHN BRESNAHAN, MANU RAJU and JAKE SHERMAN,Congressional Democrats who publicly proclaimed that super PACs are the scourge of modern politics are now going all out to chase the big money that’s fueling the 2012 campaign.
Politico 44: The Inevitable
By Donovan SlackThe Obama campaign didn’t waste much time – it sent out slews of emails Tuesday fundraising off of George W. Bush’s endorsement of Mitt Romney.
Politico: Obama’s reelection campaign has some fashionable fundraisers
By PUJA MURGAIRunway to Win, a fashion line that promotes and raises money for President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, boasts top designers such as Vera Wang and Marc Jacobs, but many who volunteered for a similar effort four years ago are sitting out this year.
