by Thomas J. Belknap
January 4, 2008, 2:46 pm
FEC Standoff to Hurt Edwards?
TPM is reporting today that the standoff between House and Senate Democrats and Republicans everywhere looks as though its most likely outcome will screw the Dems:
TPMmuckraker | Talking Points Memo | How Much Will The FEC Shutdown Affect The ‘08 Election?
On the Republican side, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) shows no sign of budging in the standoff. And why should he? “It’s my view that he doesn’t particularly care about the campaign finance laws,” Fred Wertheimer, the Executive Director of the nonpartisan watchdog Democracy 21, told me. “He’s spent a career opposing the laws and efforts to enforce them.”
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