this one, with Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi.
Well, according to this article "Lawyers: Gore's Pelosi Ad May Violate Election Law" in the New York Sun, that ad is almost certainly illegal.
The spot, which shows Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Gingrich seated on a couch in front of the Capitol, is being questioned because the California Democrat faces a primary election June 3 in her San Francisco district.
“It’s prohibited,” a Republican campaign finance lawyer, Jan Baran, said. He said the ad constitutes a “coordinated” expenditure on behalf of Ms. Pelosi’s campaign by the group sponsoring the ad, the Alliance for Climate Protection. Any ad of that sort distributed in a candidate’s district within 90 days of a congressional primary or general election is deemed a campaign donation, Mr. Baran said.
Read the whole thing and see what you think.
On the other hand, what difference does it make what we think? Since when does a violation of the law matter to a committed Democrat? After all, their intentions are pure, and that's all that counts. Besides, what are good lawyers for if not to figure out ways for determined pols to avoid being bound by the laws that they themselves have passed?
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