NATIONAL, POLITICAL and LEGAL
CCP
Media Watch: Wired’s Big Miss
By Joe TrotterThe app they are promoting links the individual donor information (required by the FEC) to that individual’s place of employment and lists the employers name, thereby giving the anti-speech crowd a platform upon which to create the false image that the companies themselves are responsible for supporting (and implicitly corrupting) candidates, rather than individuals expressing support for people running for office.
Independent groups
Washington Times: Auto union gives $1 million to Obama super PAC
By Luke ROsiakThe United Auto Workers gave $1 million to President Obama’s super PAC and another million to super PACs working to elect Congressional Democrats last month, filings showed Monday. And the union received more than $5 million from its Detroit affiliate, meaning it has millions more left to spend before election day.
Politico: Unions spread cash to liberal super PACs
By Dave LevinthalThe United Auto Workers funneled more than $5.44 million this summer into its super PAC, the UAW Education Fund, a super PAC, new federal records show.
Roll Call: Crossroads GPS Announces $5 Million Ad Buy in Seven States
By Meredith ShinerKarl Rove’s powerful Crossroads GPS is set to go on the air for one week to attack a half-dozen Democratic Senate candidates and one Democratic-leaning Independent, at a total cost of $5 million.
NPR: Secret Donors Significantly Fueling Pro-Romney TV Ads
By Peter OverbySince April, most of the TV ads supporting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney have come from outside groups, not from Romney’s own campaign. And those groups raised more than half of their money from secret donors, according to a six-month study of ads.
LA Times: Koch Industries suggests Republican candidates to employees
By Morgan LittleBillionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, often under intense scrutiny for their prodigious political contributions and prominent advocacy for various conservative causes, are back in the spotlight over a “voter information packet.”
Disclosure
Politico: Restore Our Future meets donors elsewhere at the Waldorf
By Maggie HabermanThe pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future, which has been on the air in Michigan and Wisconsin on behalf of the GOP ticket, met with a few dozen donors in a private room a the Waldorf Astoria today, the same day as a campaign retreat for the Republican presidential nominee’s bundlers elsewhere in the hotel, sources familiar with the event said.
Candidates and parties
Politico: Romney fundraising plan comes with risks
By Kenneth VogelMitt Romney’s most potent fundraising committee is paying to outsource a big part of its final campaign push to an unusual coalition of party committees.
Lobbying and ethics
Roll Call: Lobbyists Might Join Romney’s Team
By Kate AckleyGOP nominee Mitt Romney has pledged to create 12 million jobs if elected president. Republican lobbyists have their eyes on just a handful of positions in the executive branch should he prevail.
