Through the Grace of McCain Feingold
If you're a 527 organization, you are supposed to stop with the radio and TV ads now; the election is less than 60 days off.
Of course, there are loopholes:
printed communication, direct mail, voter guides, or the Internet
It's here I'll note that
blogads on Shot In The Dark are both reasonably priced and exempt from McCain-Feingold restrictions.
Here's the money involved with 527s, courtesy of Command Post
| Committee | Receipts | Expenditures | % Spent | Remaining |
| Service Employees International Union | $16,652,296 | $8,808,017 | 52.9% | $7,844,279 |
| Joint Victory Campaign 2004 * | $41,685,706 | $35,780,404 | 85.8% | $5,905,302 |
| America Coming Together | $26,905,450 | $24,196,532 | 89.9% | $2,708,918 |
| Sierra Club | $3,440,782 | $830,871 | 24.1% | $2,609,911 |
| League of Conservation Voters | $2,804,000 | $541,882 | 19.3% | $2,262,118 |
| Progress for America | $2,266,810 | $689,560 | 30.4% | $1,577,250 |
| Coalition to Defend the American Dream | $1,425,381 | $101,507 | 7.1% | $1,323,874 |
| Democratic Victory 2004 | $1,302,600 | $0 | 0.0% | $1,302,600 |
| Voices For Working Families | $3,668,280 | $2,396,272 | 65.3% | $1,272,008 |
| Media Fund | $28,127,488 | $27,208,905 | 96.7% | $918,583 |
| America Votes | $1,937,036 | $1,176,590 | 60.7% | $760,446 |
| Democrats 2000 | $705,145 | $56,342 | 8.0% | $648,803 |
| Floridians Uniting for a Stronger Tmrw | $606,049 | $28,683 | 4.7% | $577,366 |
| United Auto Workers | $1,050,469 | $542,182 | 51.6% | $508,287 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | $782,500 | $277,897 | 35.5% | $504,603 |
| Democratic Attorneys General Assn | $1,000,009 | $527,827 | 52.8% | $472,182 |
| Music for America | $1,550,200 | $1,096,671 | 70.7% | $453,529 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $780,518 | $370,306 | 47.4% | $410,212 |
| American Dental Assn | $730,499 | $335,732 | 46.0% | $394,767 |
| American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees | $13,658,207 | $13,274,331 | 97.2% | $383,876 |
| Democratic Legislative Campaign Cmte | $3,544,667 | $3,205,115 | 90.4% | $339,552 |
| Communications Workers of America | $2,263,913 | $1,926,066 | 85.1% | $337,847 |
| Grassroots Democrats | $1,445,528 | $1,137,544 | 78.7% | $307,984 |
| American Federation of Teachers | $606,299 | $322,945 | 53.3% | $283,354 |
| Partnership for America’s Families | $3,071,211 | $2,855,110 | 93.0% | $216,101 |
| New Democrat Network | $7,172,693 | $6,970,070 | 97.2% | $202,623 |
| Ironworkers Union | $695,742 | $511,631 | 73.5% | $184,111 |
| National Assn of Realtors | $1,450,000 | $1,306,711 | 90.1% | $143,289 |
| AFL-CIO | $4,109,799 | $4,002,600 | 97.4% | $107,199 |
| EMILY’s List | $4,162,226 | $4,070,369 | 97.8% | $91,857 |
| Florida House Victory | $666,550 | $585,434 | 87.8% | $81,116 |
| Environment 2004 | $645,921 | $629,190 | 97.4% | $16,731 |
| Americans for Jobs, Healthcare & Values | $1,000,000 | $994,137 | 99.4% | $5,863 |
| Americans for Progress & Opportunity | $1,306,092 | $1,305,667 | 100.0% | $425 |
| Arkansans for the 21st Century | $1,023,949 | $1,024,812 | 100.1% | ($863) |
| Alliance for Florida’s Future | $647,443 | $648,493 | 100.2% | ($1,050) |
| Conservation Strategies | $500,010 | $513,096 | 102.6% | ($13,086) |
| Republican Leadership Council | $743,303 | $765,596 | 103.0% | ($22,293) |
| Hotel/Restaurant Employees Intl Union | $1,403,387 | $1,493,772 | 106.4% | ($90,385) |
| Sheet Metal Workers Union | $995,305 | $1,288,677 | 129.5% | ($293,372) |
| Laborers Union | $2,163,448 | $2,459,716 | 113.7% | ($296,268) |
| GOPAC | $841,849 | $1,243,622 | 147.7% | ($401,773) |
| College Republican National Cmte | $3,647,093 | $4,789,820 | 131.3% | ($1,142,727) |
| Carpenters & Joiners Union | $738,718 | $1,917,054 | 259.5% | ($1,178,336) |
| Club for Growth | $5,538,847 | $6,755,054 | 122.0% | ($1,216,207) |
| National Federation of Republican Women | $558,019 | $1,848,856 | 331.3% | ($1,290,837) |
| National Education Assn | $821,831 | $3,505,627 | 426.6% | ($2,683,796) |
| Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | $723,121 | $3,613,709 | 499.7% | ($2,890,588) |
| MoveOn.org | $9,086,102 | $17,435,782 | 191.9% | ($8,349,680) |
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Posted by Mitch at
September 8, 2004 05:26 AM
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