Blurred Lines: The Covert Funding of the 2016 Campaign
Via US News and World Report
To any logical observer, Jeb Bush is testing the waters to run for the presidency.
The former two-term Republican governor of Florida has written on Facebook he’s actively exploring the possibility. He’s traversing the country at breakneck speed to court donors. He’s hired a top GOP operative who just happens to hail from the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa. He’s delivered a speech outlining his vision for what the nation’s priorities should be.
And most consequentially, he’s formed two political action committees – one traditional leadership PAC and one super PAC – purportedly to raise money to support like-minded candidates who could be of assistance to him down the road.
According to the Federal Election Commission, any prospective candidate who is engaging in “testing the waters” activities for the purpose of deciding on a campaign must only use funds raised subject to the federal limit of $2,700 per person, per election.
But Bush’s Right to Rise Super PAC faces no such contribution limits.
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