For those who follow the GOPe Road Map, and are fully aware of the goals therein, here’s a little something to put in the memory file.
Thanks to an enormous media push most people have seen the Carly Fiorina “faces” political ad. However, what most people didn’t pick up on, is that the ad itself did not come from the official Fiorina campaign – it came from the Super-PAC “CarlyForAmerica“.
Federal campaign law forbids coordination between a candidate’s Super-PAC, with unlimited funding sources and/or limits on contributions, and the official campaign itself. However, the timing of the ad when contrast against the derivative content therein reeks of campaign and Super-PAC coordination.
The ad broke on September 14th, [5:56am] the content stemmed from a Fiorina appearance at the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) 36 hours earlier. Given the production time, it would be very challenging to believe the Super-PAC came up with the idea, produced the content, and delivered it into the media stream within the time frame.
OCCAM’S RAZOR – What is far more likely is the CfA Super-PAC had an idea, coordinated with the campaign to construct specific elements of a speech for delivery, and then produced the campaign ad using their production footage from the NFRW event; which was, in part, delivered as directed.
Additionally, it should be mentioned that CfA’s primary contributor is Jerry Perenchio, the former CEO of Univision and national finance co-chairman for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. Perenchino’s contribution to Carly’s Super-PAC was $1.6 million in July alone, more than the entire official Carly Fiorina campaign combined.
Also worthy to note – David Barton the head of Ted Cruz’s Super-Pac “KeepThePromise” (KtP). David Barton is also the co-chair of Glenn Beck’s Mercury-One Charities.
The David Barton controlled Pro-Ted Cruz SuperPAC “Keep The Promise” gave Carly $500k on June 18th:
