Posted on 11/13/2008 5:10:54 AM PST by HastertFan
The Republican Party will file federal lawsuits Thursday seeking to overthrow the McCain-Feingold federal campaign finance regulations, Republican National Committee Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan revealed Wednesday night at a private dinner with the nation's Republican governors.
The move is considered a slap in the face of the Republican Party's failed 2008 presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who was dramatically outspent by Democrat Barack Obama, and of President Bush, who signed McCain-Feingold into law in 2002.
"We will bring two federal suits tomorrow to strengthen the Republican Party," Mr. Duncan told The Washington Times.
Mr. Duncan said one suit will be filed in the District of Columbia to strike down the soft-money ban that is the central tenet of the McCain-Feingold Act — formally known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. "Soft money" is largely unrestricted contributions from wealthy individuals, corporations and labor unions.
The second suit will be in a Louisiana federal court to strike down the limits under the law Mr. McCain co-sponsored with Sen. Russ Feingold, Wisconsin Democrat, that control coordination between parties and their candidates.
"It prohibits us from spending over $84,000 in coordination with a candidate in a congressional race," Mr. Duncan said. "That means we have to find some group to raise and spend money but without any coordination" with the candidate, his campaign or the RNC.
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When we have so many RINOs (including McQueeg) in Congress, that figure is moot.
There is a bitter irony in McCain-Feingold and McCain’s 2008 run for the presidency. Hoisted on his own petard.
It is rather laughable that it bit him more than his opponent.
Further proof that just because Congress passes it and the President signs it and the Supreme Court upholds most of it, that doesn’t always make it a good law.
Who the heck cares anyway? Nobody follows the rules anyway. The 527’s did the end run around M/F. Abolish it.
I love how that reads. Maybe the conservatives are finally growing a set.
Obammie the Commie bought his election with stolen money and illegal foreign campaign contributions.
In Andy Rooney's voice:
Djever notice how when Republicans raise more money for elections it's suddenly a good idea to “get the money out of politics”?
Djever notice how when DemocRATS raise more money for elections it's a grassroots effort, the voice of the people, the “little guys” showing their enthusiastic support for the DemocRAT nominee?
Correct. They had millions in illegal contributions flooding in from overseas. There were a few stories on it, but no investigation, no penalty, even after the election, it just helped the Marxist squirrel win.
Pubbies follow rules and get spanked and prosecuted if they don't, and often even get prosecuted for no good reason (Scooter Libby, e.g., and now Bush and Cheney are next). Dims do whatever the hell they want with no consequences (e.g., Obozo may not even be a US citizen and therefore not legally qualified to be POTUS, but the medjia and the courts want no part of investigating it). The medjia is little different than Pravda was. We have virtual one party rule for those with eyes to see. Pubs appear to be a prop to make it appear to sheeple that we have a fair two-party system, yada yada.With no term limits, congress critters just find it comfy to be in the elite Beltway class, even those in the RINO minority.
When someone like a Palin appears on the Nat'l political scene who isn't part of this little charade of ruling Dims, medjia lapdogs, and RINO get-alongs, all of the above have a collective cow and dust off the heavy artillery to take out said interloper.
Not to be doom and gloom -- just to state the facts: we are so screwed, and everyone's pooch too.
As I recall it was moderate Republicans (and some conservatives, like Fred Thompson!) who allowed McCain-Feingold to go through. Not to mention signing it was GWB’s biggest mistake. So for party leaders to admit they want to undo their own legislation is pretty embarrassing. Of course another big proponent of “reform” was the defeated Rep. Chris Shays.
ICBW, but I'm pretty sure that it is the political parties themselves that determine whether their primary is open or closed. When I lived in NYC, the primaries were closed. Since I've been in WV, until this year, the rat primary was open and the GOP closed. The GOP opened their primary this year. However, the May GOP primary here which elected only 9 of the state's 30 delegates was anti-climatic due to the corrupt, first ever WV GOP Presidential Convention (insiders only) on Super Tuesday.
McCain was outspent 8 to 1. Obama shut off the ticker on his incoming funds.
They ahould have filed suit to ensure Obama and the democrats followed this.
Well, even better would be to make it a law that candidates for President HAD to use the Federal monies set aside for elections as John McCain did. Had this occurred, Obama would not be guilty of accepting so much money from foreign nationals. And he’d have lost.
Conservatives should do this more often and IMMEDIATELY after a law is passed, just like the Libs.
Go challenge it in court.
Go away and take all your lame ass leadership with you McLame.
If the primaries had been closed, McCain would never have been the nominee. The democrats not only gave us Obama, but effectively gave us McCain.
Truer words were never spoken.
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