Michael Barone "Back in January, the president attacked the Supreme Court for ruling that corporations and unions have First Amendment speech rights and pointed to the possibility that foreigners might try to influence American election outcomes. Now he and his spokesmen on the campaign trail and on Sunday interview programs are charging that outfits like the Chamber of Commerce are smuggling foreign money into the campaign.
"Their evidence? Well, there isn’t much, as even the New York Times, the Washington Post, and factcheck.org agree.
"The smoking gun? The Chamber of Commerce collects $100,000 in membership dues from foreigners out of a $200 million operating budget and spends some of that budget on campaign ads. But Obama uber-adviser David Axelrod says it’s up to the chamber to prove it’s innocent."
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