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September 05, 2014 01:04 PM UTC

GOP's Super Saturday: Sure Looks "Authorized" To Us

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  • by: Colorado Pols

Candidates across the state will be out in force this weekend as field campaigns begin in earnest. For the Colorado Republican Party, tomorrow is "Super Saturday"–a coordinated door-knocking and phone banking campaign by the party and targeted Republican candidates.

The interplay between "independent" efforts and official campaign activity, and the disclaimers needed to differentiate between them, can sometimes lead to confusion for individual voters. Case in point is an email we got from Bob Beauprez's campaign, inviting us to join Super Saturday:

bobsupersaturday

Got that? The Colorado GOP's Super Saturday is "not authorized by an candidate or candidate's committee."

Except in Beauprez's case, Super Saturday appears to be very much authorized! And the message announcing it, for us anyway, was "paid for by Beauprez for Colorado." Do you see how that might be a little confusing? Don't get us wrong, we're not alleging any violation here–in fact, the "independent" disclaimer for the party's event and Beauprez's "paid for by" on his email are both likely necessary to ensure compliance for the respective entities.

So maybe the real problem is the legal fiction that a party's activities are not "authorized" by the candidates they're obviously working to benefit–to the point that the candidate is promoting their "independent" efforts? As Beauprez's email demonstrates, the whole pretense is kind of silly.

But to acknowledge that would open up its own can of legal worms…

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16 thoughts on “GOP’s Super Saturday: Sure Looks “Authorized” To Us

  1. Authorized or not, these Bagger chuckleheads better bring their umbrellas — and maybe a couple of kayaks — 'cause it looks like they're going to get heavily rained out.

    Que lastima!

  2. Did anyone else get the wonderful robo-call I got from Ryan Call on Tuesday night.  I wanted to know if I or anyone I knew wanted to come and work for the Republican Party – for money.  Hillarious.Are you kidding me?  I wonder how many Republicans will really show up tomorrow.  And of course, Democrats have a similar event next weekend.

    1. I intercepted at call on behalf of my parental unit a week ago from Ricky Santorum.  The Sweater is looking for 1 million patriots who will make a $50 – $100 committment to his PAC.  (I've forgotten the name – but they want to "take our country back"…) 

    2. I got one from Chuck Norris — actually I got three from him back to back to back . . .

      (seems the GOPers think I'm not registered because my registration is actually "confidential" and doesn't appear on any of the voter lists that get purchased)

      . . . he made AC sound sane by comparison. 

    3. I got a robo-call, can't remember who the rightie celeb was, asking me the same thing. Didn't listen to the whole thing. No registered Republicans in the house so I don't know how we got on their list. my own party just calls to ask for money or beg me to volunteer for more stuff but nobody ever offers me money for it. Not a single robo-call from Soros so far.

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