John Bambenek a.k.a. "Parttime Pundit" said last week he had a secret project he was almost ready to unveil. The Champaign resident contends that since the leftwing Daily Kos blog works as an arm of the Democratic party, they should be subject to the Federal Election Commission's regulations.
Bambenek's letter to the FEC is here. Download fec-dailykos.pdf
John may be right. But if he is, then the Chicago Sun-Times and their suburban affiliate dailies should all be subject to the FEC's regs.
Brilliant timing . . . Just days before the YearlyKos convention meets at Chicago's McCormick Place. This could be very interesting. . .
A letter from John was published Monday in Blogcritics.org:
Today I filed an Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against Kos Media, LLC., better known as DailyKos.com. I allege that they operate as a political committee and are therefore subject to FEC rules.
I first thought of this complaint during the Cindy Sheehan debacle over at Daily Kos, where Cindy pledged to run as an independent against Nancy Pelosi, and the Daily Kos basically turned on her. While some conservatives took great delight in this, I really didn't care because it's politics as usual. The right has thrown their fair share of people under the bus for not drinking the Kool-aid too.
Link: Should the DailyKos be Subject to the Federal Election Commission?.
