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Article: See spots run: Dems, GOP find way to exploit new finance rules.(campaign 2004)(Democratic Party, Republican Party)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- April 12, 2004
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Full of fire and indignation, Republican Party Chairman Ed Gillespie recently declared that Democrats are trashing campaign-finance laws by relying on tax-exempt groups. They purport to be independent, he charges, but their goal is to provide hundreds of millions of dollars for TV spots to bash President Bush. What? Dirty politics in a presidential race?
Gillespie wants nothing better than to short-circuit the Democrats' 2004 money machine. Two weeks ago, he asked federal judges to do just that.
If the GOP fails to stop Democrats' end run around campaign-finance restrictions, it can tap a similar source of new money. The latest godsend to political ...