| Despite requirements in campaign finance law, there is abundant coordination between so-called "super pacs" and the campaigns that they support. |
| Super PACs have collected more than $100 million so far, much of it from a relatively small collection of well-heeled individuals or companies who are free to give millions to these outside groups but no more than a few thousand dollars to a candidate’s own committees.
The prohibition against candidates working in concert with independent political committees has its roots in Watergate-era reforms intended to prevent large donors from gaining improper influence over elected officials. But it has taken on added significance in the wake of recent court decisions that opened the spigot for unlimited contributions to the independent groups. Rules the [Federal Election Commission ] adopted in 2003, still on the books, allow for regulation of this gray area, but they have been largely ignored. Source: "Loose Border of ‘Super PAC’ and Campaign" By MIKE McINTIRE and MICHAEL LUO - NY Times - February 25, 2012 |
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