Obama 527s

Top Dems Privately Urging Major Donors To Fund Outside Attack Groups

Talking Points Memo | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


In a sign of just how nervous senior Democrats are about Barack Obama's situation, top Democratic Party operatives are privately urging the party's ma...

Sam Stein

Obama Signal To Dem 'Cavalry' May Be Too Late

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics


The Obama campaign is changing its approach on the role Democratic outside groups play in the presidential campaign, softening its quiet but firm oppo...

Sam Stein

Source: Obama To Start Looking The Other Way On 527s

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics


Senator Barack Obama will start looking the other way when it comes to the role 527s and other independent groups play in the election, a source close...

Obama's Edge in Jeopardy: RNC Has $50 Million Cash Advantage

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Here are some new fundraising numbers that complicate the notion that Obama will have an enormous fundraising advantage over McCain this fall: The Rep...

Kerry Swiftboater: "We Will Attack Obama Viciously"

Washington Post | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama has been making efforts to tamp down donations to independent issue groups in an effort to control the level of negative attacks in the f...