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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

FEC called against....

...two people, actually. The first is a bit of a surprise. It's none other than John McCain. Yes, THAT McCain. Feingold-McCain, which was recently shredded. Failed presidential candidate. Anyway, national Dems are saying that he may have violated laws when he paid to run ads for two House candidates, as well as the group, Friends Of John McCain. Democrats have also asked for an investigation into the candidates, Jesse Kelly and Ruth McClung. the commercials say who's paying, and feature John McCain saying he approves the message. But, Democrats say, Johnny Mack may still be breaking the law if he is spending $4,800. The big question, to me, is if he did, was it known by these two campaigns, and even planned that way? If not, they count as independent expenditures, which means that he may spend as much as he wants. The other is Linda McMahon. She is accused of using her company, WWE, to answer questions, first of all. How would that work, exactly? Secondly, by scheduling events close to the election, she is "coordinating with and using the corporate resources of her family's company. Democrats are accusing Mrs. McMahon's "fan appreciation day," which is scheduled three days before the election, and taping an episode in a heavily Democratic area on election day as being designed to affect turnout. WWE says the fan appreciation is to thank them for sticking with WWE and her, despite the things that were said about both. Democrats say that is proof of coordination. And the filming? According to Dems, because of her and her husband's financial stakes, it is an illegal campaign expenditure, plus an attempt to keep those not supporting Mrs. McMahon from voting. She is not expected to be at either event. All right, how much has she spent, $40 million? And she's still down, according to a new poll, by as much as nine points. I don't think either one will have a significant effect on the race. As for McCain, an investigation is warranted, but I don't think he has done anything wrong.

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