GOP to file suit to undo McCain (Feingold) rules

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Times

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.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/13/gop-fil... /

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Nice to know their goal is to strengthen the Republican Party, rather than the American election process...

[gratuitous]

1. Blowback is a bitch, ain't it?

Restricting campaign funding was supposed to entrench the slim Republican majority forever. And since this was a Republican scheme, they didn't foresee the power of millions of people as something that could be harnessed and turned against them.

Bummer.

[LynnTheDem]

2. And will file suit to redo the McCain-Feingold rules whenever it suits

the republic party to have the Mccain-Feingold rules.

[BadgerKid]

4. (Score:5, Insightful) n/t

[Phred42]

3. "McCain-Feingold limits hurt presidential efforts" - Only if the PEOPLE don't support you

and Corporations do

[HopeHoops]

5. GOP America - Of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations - oh, and maybe people

[TheCoxwain]

6. " we want strict originalists ..we dont want activists judges legislating from the bench"

Fucking Hypocrites

[Zorra]

7. Time to legislate even stricter rules to prevent global business oligarchs from financing

elections.

[Idealism]

8. GOP to file suit to undo McCain-Feingold laws

Source: Washington Times

EXCLUSIVE:

MIAMI


AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES Sen. John McCain, co-sponsor of the McCain-Feingold law, was outspent by Barack Obama in the presidential campaign.

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.


Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/13/gop-fil... /

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So the GOP complains Obama "bought the election" despite his average contribution to be a paltry $86, and now they want to get rid of the campaign finance laws that their most recent standard bearer wrote, in order to possibly "buy" the 2012 election? The hypocrisy never ends...