Thursday, July 24, 2008

Outside groups likely to influence electorate late in presidential election season


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From Democracy 21
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Top donors slice gifts to political groups since '04
By Matt Kelley and Fredreka Schouten of USA Today
July 22, 2008

[...] "Despite some of the candidates throwing cold water on outside groups, there is no way they can stop them," says campaign-finance lawyer Kenneth Gross. "This can happen and will likely happen late in the game."

Some help in other ways. Three of the six top GOP donors are raising money for McCain. None of the top six Democrats is an Obama fundraiser.

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