The American Prospect: How Obama Could Crack Down on Dark Money Without Congress
“Hope springs eternal,” Meredith McGehee, policy director for the Campaign Legal Center, said in an e-mail. “But hope is mitigated by experience with this Administration which since taking office has done almost nothing to address money in politics problems, other than occasional lip service.”
“President Obama has no excuse on this proposed executive order. It is hard to say if his inaction in this area is timidity, political prioritization or simply not caring,” she continues. “But the result is the same—and it’s disappointing.”