re: #75 goddamnedfrank

Christine O’Donnell got into trouble for using her PAC money for pure personal benefit, to pay her rent. Isn’t that exactly what Sarah is doing here, using her PAC to fund an all expenses paid vacation that isn’t tied to any actual campaign or legitimate political activity? She’s glad handing her worshipers and yucking it up, but it’s not clear if there’s any real point beyond bolstering her personal media brand. If she doesn’t end up running, the political action will have been what, exactly?

Stephen Colbert addressed this tonight with his FEC lawyer; officially declared candidates are subject to a different set of rules than testing-the-waters, thinking-about-running, rumored-to-be-potentials.