This site has taken Tom Daschle to task for subsidizing anti-Thune activities out of campaign funds left over from the 2004 election. It is one thing for us partisans to criticize Daschle, but now the Federal Election Commission has warned Daschle about the use of campaign funds long after the campaign. In this letter sent to "A Lot of People Supporting Tom Daschle" (aka, the Daschle campaign committee), the FEC notifies Daschle that he is spending more money per month than is allowed under federal law for those who are not an announced candidate for office. Daschle must announce for office or disassociate himself from these activities. The humor of the letter is that the FEC refers to Daschle's run for Senate in...2010. Do they know something we don't?
Of course the Daschle people will say they are winding down their election operation. I point out that the election was eight months ago. That's one heck of a cool down period. I happen to think most federal campaign finance laws are silly, but if they are on the books, one should comply with them.
Tomorrow this is what Roll Call will report:
The Federal Election Commission sent a letter last month warning former
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) of a potential violation of
campaign finance law.
The missive, dated June 14, informed Daschle that during the first three
months of 2005 he spent in excess of $5,000 from his principal campaign
committee (“A Lot of People Supporting Tom Daschle”) and must either file a
statement of candidacy for 2010 or “disavow these activities.”
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