Subject: [big campaign] Praise for Sotomayor, criticism for McConnell
From: David Donnelly <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:00:29 -0400
List-Id: <bigcampaign.googlegroups.com>

Public Campaign Action Fund put out the following release:

 
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 Monday, July 13, 2009   Media Contact:
 Rick Bielke: office, 202.293.0222
 mobile, 202.255.6147

 
 
Public Campaign Action Fund Praises Sotomayor on her Campaign Finance
Record; Criticizes Sen. McConnell for Defending Big Money Politics
 
Washington, D.C.  As the confirmation hearings get underway for Judge Sonia
Sotomayor, President Barack Obama¹s Supreme Court nominee, Public Campaign
Action Fund praised her history on campaign finance issues. Her court
rulings and her experience with the New York City public financing program
will bring a unique and invaluable voice on how different campaign finance
laws work across the nation. The group also took issue with political
attacks from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
 
³Judge Sotomayor¹s positions on campaign finance are squarely in the
mainstream of judicial precedent and public opinion,² said Nick Nyhart,
executive director of Public Campaign Action Fund. ³From her service on the
New York City Campaign Finance Board to her written opinions on the need to
address the problem of big money in politics, Sotomayor has demonstrated a
commitment to enhance the ability of all voices to be heard in our
democracy. Her rulings show a pattern of supporting speech for the many and
not just those who can afford to give large campaign contributions.²
 
³Sen. McConnell and his big money allies are aghast at the nomination of a
pro-campaign reform nominee,² said David Donnelly, national campaigns
director of Public Campaign Action Fund. ³McConnell thrives in a pay-to-play
system and is unabashed in his willingness to cloak a defense of the status
quo in the principles of the First Amendment. But all he is doing is
fighting for a political system in which the needs of big donors from Wall
Street, the insurance industry, and polluters are placed in front of the
public interest. That¹s not free speech, it¹s political greed.²
 
Public Campaign is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to passing
comprehensive campaign finance reform at the local, state, and national
levels. The organization also works to hold elected officials accountable
for the favors they deliver for their wealthy backers.
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