Campaign Finance Rules

It seems republicans have hatched a new kind of avertising political consultant : the "non-affiliaited" political advertiser. That's the kind of (usually) guy that manages to be throw away hundreds of thousands of dollars in "unaffiliated" advertising for the candidates of their choice.

First example up : Bob J. Perry liked so much his swiftboating of John Kerry that he is at it again:

A new television commercial that targets Democratic Senate ca didate Ned Lamont as a "tax-hiking liberal" is being aired by a tax-exempt adv cacy group funded by a major Republican donor from Texas who worked with White House political guru.

That funder, Bob J. Perry, also was the chief financial backer of Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth, another tax-exempt organization that attacked the reputation of U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts in the 2004 presidential election.

Lest you dismiss this as an opportunity for the guy to bask in the Lamont glow, it seems he is targetting candidates supported by DailyKos : the guy is also throwing money for advertising against Patricia Madrid, who is in a tight race against the republican incumbent for New Mexico's CD-1, Heather Wilson.