ProClinton 527 pouring 1.1 million into ad buy for illegal ad in Indiana.

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THE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PROJECT - CLINTON'S CLOSEST FRIENDS JOIN TO FORM AN 'INDEPENDENT 527'

The pro Clinton 527, The American Leadership Project was formed to subvert campaign financing laws and allow those donors who are maxed out to contribute unlimited amounts outside of the campaign. Average size of contributions to the ALP $ 100,000 per person.

527s cannot be candidate driven - they have to be issue driven:

Under federal election laws, political action committees, including ones operated by unions, may contribute a maximum of $5,000 per election to a candidate. But independent groups – called 527s for the IRS code they fall under – have no limits on donations. They may not advocate voting for or against a candidate and may not coordinate their activities with candidates’ campaigns.



MOTHER (HEAD OF CAMPAIGN) AND SON (HEAD OF 527) - BUT FORTUNATELY FOR THE LAW THEY NEVER TALK POLITICS


The APL was formed by Jason Kinney. He is the son of Clinton's state co-chair
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080429/APP/804291291
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The Obama camp also raised questions about the group's independence, singling out Jason Kinney, an Indiana native and one of the group's organizers who is the son of Vi Simpson, Clinton's state co-chair. The law prohibits outside groups from coordinating their work with political campaigns.

"Since I've started with the American Leadership Project, we have essentially never discussed the campaign," Kinney said of conversations with his mother.

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IS THIS AD ABOUT AN ISSUE OR A CANDIDATE?


Here is a link in the ad

You can decide if it is candidate oriented or issue oriented (defeating Obama is not an issue)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vswsSLdZ86o



THE FEC LIKE THE IRAQI PARLIMENT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE DOING ITS JOB RIGHT NOW - ASK US NEXT YEAR


The reason that they can do this with impunity is that
http://www.bulletpointjournal.com/2008/05/why-obama-complaint-against-american.html

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The FEC does not currently have a quorum so they cannot act on any investigation or regulatory matter.
Even if they could the AP reports that "FEC investigations typically take more than a year to resolve."

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IF CLINTON IS RAISING 10 MILLION IN ONE DAY WHY DOES SHE NEED A 527 TO FLOOD INDIANA ILLEGALLY?



TPM reports that it is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in Indiana in a desperate last minute attempt to save Clinton's campaign
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/prohillary_527s_spending_on_an.php



The American Leadership Project -- the 527 put together by big Hillary-backing unions and major donors -- sank another $200,000 today into the ad they're running in Indiana attacking Obama on the economy, ALP spokesperson Jason Kinney just confirmed to me.

That brings the total spent on the ad to $1.1 million, Kinney says.

The initial buy on the ad was $700,000. The group dumped another $220,000 into the buy yesterday, and added the $200,000 more today.

Kinney says today's spending was designed to beef up the ad's rotation in the Indianapolis market.

The massive total expenditure -- by far the group's biggest buy yet -- underscores yet again the extent to which Hillary allies view Indiana as an absolute must-win.




NO LONGER A DOUBLE STANDARD

The question of applying a double standard to Obama has long been obvious in this campaign.

Now it is a question of Obama having to play to a very high standard compared to a campaign that has no standard at all.