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highplainsdem

(49,015 posts)
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 10:47 PM Oct 2012

Former Scott Brown Campaign Staffer Working For Shadowy Super PAC Attacking Elizabeth Warren

Source: BoldProgressives.org

This past January, Massachusetts Senate candidate Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren made a historic pact to call on third-party groups — like Super PACs — not to air television, web, or radio ads in their race.

But a mysterious new campaign organization may be violating the spirit of this agreement and is casting a light on the ultra-thin walls between Super PACs and candidate campaigns.

This week, a new Super PAC calling itself America 360 began spending money in the Massachusetts race to boost Brown and attack Warren. It released a very poorly-produced web video warning that “outside groups” were supporting Warren, amusingly listing web boards like Democratic Underground as these independent entities.

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One thing that we do know about America 360 is the identity of its spokeswoman, Alicia Preston. Preston is a public relations flack at “The Preston Group,” which does “strategic communications” for corporations and political candidates. Here’s the most interesting part about Alicia Preston: she’s a former Brown campaign staffer, as she describes on her firm’s website.

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Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/former-scott-brown-campaign-staffer-involved-with-mysterious-super-pac-attacking-elizabeth-warren/



Emphasis added, since I think DUers might find that sentence particularly interesting.

I agree with the article that having a former Brown staffer as the Super PAC's spokeswoman is "suspicious, to say the least," given the pact that Brown and Warren signed earlier.
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Former Scott Brown Campaign Staffer Working For Shadowy Super PAC Attacking Elizabeth Warren (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2012 OP
I strongly support EW, but I've never worked for her!! nt MADem Oct 2012 #1
I've donated twice to her and don't live anywhere near Mass. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #3
+1,000,000! nt MADem Oct 2012 #6
Link to the video with a nod to DU. Do NOT watch all the way through. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #2
DO watch all the way thru Coyotl Oct 2012 #5
just one of the Big Problems with Cit. United is there's no way to tell communications are wordpix Oct 2012 #4
Yep, just about impossible Report1212 Oct 2012 #9
R#7 & K n/t UTUSN Oct 2012 #7
Brown is a cheat, a liar and a flip flopper...just like everyone in his party, Auntie Bush Oct 2012 #8
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
3. I've donated twice to her and don't live anywhere near Mass.
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 10:55 PM
Oct 2012

I just love her that much.

Teddy's seat!

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
2. Link to the video with a nod to DU. Do NOT watch all the way through.
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 10:54 PM
Oct 2012

If you watch all the way through, it will build up the view count.

Also, feel free to vote it thumbs-down.

Link:



wordpix

(18,652 posts)
4. just one of the Big Problems with Cit. United is there's no way to tell communications are
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 10:56 PM
Oct 2012

ongoing between campaign staffers and Super PACs. They're supposed to stay separate but it's absurd. It's possible this Brown staffer deliberately left Brown's staff to form the PAC and has marching orders from Brown himself. How would anyone know unless someone blows the whistle? This part of Cit. United is totally unenforceable.

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