Matt Brown in trouble

[Chemical Bill]

Rhode Island GOP to join Hawaii party's complaint against Brown
By M.L. Johnson, Associated Press Writer | March 30, 2006

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The Rhode Island Republican Party is joining Hawaii Republicans in asking the Federal Elections Commission to investigate donations that Secretary of State Matt Brown's Senate campaign received from three state Democratic parties.

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Brown, who is running for the seat held by Republican Lincoln Chafee, received $25,000 in donations from state Democratic parties in Hawaii, Massachusetts and Maine late last year. Days later, four Brown supporters -- at his request -- gave those parties a total of $30,000.

Republicans accuse Brown's campaign of filtering money through Democratic parties in other states in order to skirt federal elections laws that limit individual donations to campaigns to $4,200.

Brown has said that he did nothing illegal: His campaign's field director merely asked the parties for a donation and offered to help them fundraise in return.

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Forgive my ignorance, but isn't this right out of DeLay's playbook?

I sure hope that the media give more attention to Carl Sheeler, in order to have a real choice for our senator. Or is this just a way to declaw Brown and get Sheldon Whitehouse in as the only "legit" Democrat.

Bill

[AX10]

1. www.carlsheeler.com

[woldnewton]

2. I agree...

w/Brown's troubles, Sheeler's candidacy is looking more and more legitimate and we *must* do everything we can to make clear to primary voters that they *still* have a choice, even if Brown is no longer a viable option.

I warned Brown on this forum that he should watch out for Chafee and the Republicans and not spend all his time attacking Whitehouse. He clearly did not learn from that warning and now the GOP has been able to bring him down, leaving him to desperately play defensive since he did not take the offense to them to begin with. Democrats don't seem to find a way to unite against the GOP way too often and this leaves them as sitting ducks against the GOP when they bring out their pit bulls.

[bdamomma]

3. I am sort of concerned

about Matt Brown, I don't think he is so squeaky clean. Carl Sheeler how is he doing?

[CarlSheeler4U]

4. Alive and well and pushing the Anti-War Issue

What do you think.....

Be creative and remember that text is very hard to read so must use sparingly.

The intent is we can't afford three more years much less the three that past.

We can't even pursue the true national agenda including domestic security and be in Iraq too.

I plan on changing the "S" in Bush to a dollar sign.

http://www.carlsheeler.com/a_blank_page_to_play.asp

Thoughts?

Carl
Sheeler for US Senate
www.carlsheeler.com

[Bombtrack]

5. I don't like any biography on a website that focuses on the life of his

freaking grandfather, who seemed to be the last one in his family to have struggled financially in life, atleast that's what it indicates to me.

Although Whitehouse's bio just seems to ignore discussing his life.