2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie wins the Super-Pac spending contest! According to the Federal Election Commission, [View all]pnwmom
(110,172 posts)and the League of Conservation Voters. The Priorities USA SuperPac money is being saved for the general.
And if Bernie's the nominee, those Dem pacs will be spending it on him.
And the NYTimes report, based on the FEC data, is in accord with Newsweeks article a few weeks ago.
http://www.newsweek.com/super-pac-spending-2016-race-410356
12/31/15
On the Democratic side, front-runner Hillary Clinton and Martin OMalley have affiliated super PACs, but neither has spent much on advertising, mail or phone campaigns thus far. The former first lady and secretary of state is, however, attracting far and away the most advertising dollars from opposing groups$4.5 million from the Republican Party and Tea Partyaligned committees attacking her campaign. Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has asked his supporters not to form a super PAC, though the labor union National Nurses United hasnt played along, and is doing some advertising on his behalf. And Krumholz thinks Democrat-backed super PAC spending will pick up mightily in a general election, which is bound to be more heated than the party's primary. "I doubt once we enter the final heat of the race there will be much daylight" between the two parties, she says.