Tampa Bay Times: Jeb Bush Exploits Non-Candidate Status to Rewrite Campaign Finance Playbook

Paul S. Ryan of the Campaign Legal Center said: "The Supreme Court has recognized that a check above $2,700 directly to someone who admits they are a candidate could corrupt them and therefore can be limited. But we're to believe that the corruptive potential is miraculously washed from a $100,000 contribution handed to Jeb Bush for his Super PAC. It's absurd." 

Ryan recently published a paper that points out that most of the probable presidential candidates seem to be skirting a provision of election law known as "testing the waters." ...

If the restrictions do not apply to Bush, it creates a dangerous blueprint for others to rake in unlimited cash, argued Ryan of the Campaign Legal Center. ...

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