But campaign finance experts say the tactic can give an unfair advantage to wealthy candidates who try to use loans to persuade prospective donors to take their campaigns seriously. (newsday.com)
Added Jan Baran, a Republican campaign finance expert who consults with corporations: «Realtors, auto dealers, lawyers, they are going to want to be politically effective, and a large measure of their influence is that they are present everywhere.» (politico.com)
Casey and other campaign finance experts said one reason the Realtors could play amid the larger, more partisan groups and not get tainted is that the judgments driving their independent expenditure campaign mirrored those of a traditional PAC donation program. (politico.com)