Oh hell, that's unfortunate.

Good.

Yeah. He’s guilty.

It’s crappy that debate criteria requires a fund raising minimum.

It’s really crappy that this fund raising is a way to shut out all who aren’t major party supported candidates.

The watchdog is a liberal advocacy group, so no surprises that they are after him.

It's a sad state of affairs when a group focused on upholding campaign finance laws gets labeled "liberal." (so much for law and order, huh?) A group founded by a former Republican chairman of the FEC with a current president who served as general counsel on both of John McCain's presidential campaigns. A real bunch of progressives over there. But then if you go after gerrymandering, that makes you liberal by default, apparently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_Legal_Center

I do see that "liberal advocacy group" label for the CLC coming from "Influence Watch" which appears to be a harmless site letting you know who is donating to what and all that for political orgs. And then a simple google search turns up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Research_Center

> Capital Research Center (CRC) is an American conservative non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C.[2][3] Its stated purpose is "to study non-profit organizations, with a special focus on reviving the American traditions of charity, philanthropy, and voluntarism

> In 2017, the CRC launched the website "Influence Watch," which focuses on identifying funding sources of progressive organizations and initiatives, and of progressive politicians.

Media literacy is important.

Silly. Liberal does not equal progressive as you imply.

A simple look at their positions shows they are a liberal policy group.

Who founded this group is irrelevant as people can and do change their political affiliation.

Not sure why that bothers you that they are liberal. It doesn’t mean they are nefarious actors or does it mean they are saints.

They are a Washington corporation who’s main objective is to provide a good living for themselves. If you think they are honestly working to help you, you are delusional.

> A simple look at their positions shows they are a liberal policy group.

Yea, because suppressing the vote and gerrymandering have become key tools of the GOP since they can't win the war of ideas. Any effort against that instantly gives the organization a left-leaning label.

Sure. Because the VT legislators didn’t gerrymand our state districts last year.

If you believe I s only republicans that gerrymander districts you are hopelessly naive.

Can't help but notice you ignored voter suppression, can't 'both sides' that one, can ya?

Both parties gerrymander. The gop has a majority in the house because of a failure by Dems in NY

Our state gerrymandered the islands and parts of Franklin county this year.

It is a process both parties abuse, this is a known fact.

And which one needs to gerrymander for survival? This is the same "logic" applied to super pacs. Republicans rush to use a whole lot of dark money (or gerrymander) and Democrats respond in kind since that's how the rules are set up, but let's not pretend they are equal.