Apr 22, 2014: Slate: The GOP’s Outside Groups Are Happy With McCutcheon
Sarah Mimms suggests that the SCOTUS's ruling in McCutcheon will aid Mitch McConnell—and other Republicans—in their battle to tame rogue outside groups. "McConnell has made it his goal this cycle to cripple meddling outside groups such as the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks," writes Mimms, "groups that have frustrated parties and candidates for, often willingly, going off-message. The McCutcheon decision would allow wealthy individuals, who might otherwise give big to super PACs after hitting the overall contribution limit for, say, the 2014 cycle, to donate those funds to those who are actually running campaigns on the ground."
Sarah Mimms suggests that the SCOTUS's ruling in McCutcheon will aid Mitch McConnell—and other Republicans—in their battle to tame rogue outside groups. "McConnell has made it his goal this cycle to cripple meddling outside groups such as the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks," writes Mimms, "groups that have frustrated parties and candidates for, often willingly, going off-message. The McCutcheon decision would allow wealthy individuals, who might otherwise give big to super PACs after hitting the overall contribution limit for, say, the 2014 cycle, to donate those funds to those who are actually running campaigns on the ground."
