it s so awful, i mean ezra, i love the way you describe the grainy pictures with the grim forbidding voice. i wish everyone would just say i will not be influenced by any ad that shows black and white picture that s is subversive in making this guy look evil without saying the words, but they work, don t they? yes, and i don t know, that bill nelson guy seemed pretty evil to me from that. this is the upside, they are issue ads. negative ads tent to have more issue content. bill nelson really did side with president obama on the keystone pipeline, even though that was not a fair assessment. it was paid for by freedom pac, what do they want? who is funding them? and that s what citizen s united did here.
picture that s is subversive in making this guy look evil without saying the words, but they work, don t they? yes, and i don t know, that bill nelson guy seemed pretty evil to me from that. this is the upside, they are issue ads. negtive ads tent to have more issue content. bill nelson really did side with president obama on the keystone pipeline, even though that was not a fair assessment. it was paid for by freedom pac, what do they want? who is funding them? and that s what citizen s united did here. they said corporations could spin as much as they want, but congress could pass a law and say they have to disclose who is funning them. we could have an ad like that. but as of yet, republicans in
putting on the final touches of the state of the union address. and newt gingrich s stunning surge has made him a lightning rod for a new wave the criticism. can we keep up the momentum in florida? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. 6o. just a few hours from now, the president of the united states goes before congress and the american people to record on how the nation is doing. his state of the union address will certain by as important glimpse. . . will focus on job, income equality and taxes and a whole lot more. as mitt romney reveals his own mounta multimillion dollar cnn s jim acosta is covering the campaign for us. he s in florida. romney, he did well in that debate last night, everyone seems to agree. is he back on track? reporter: wolf, we ll find out. right know his campaigning in front of the a foreclosed home. you could say he s hitting the reset button today. he s a taking the president and his rivals, but he s finding out hitting the rese
money went from the 527 to the llc. the 527 spent money during the 2008 campaign in support of john edwards campaign, what are called the issue ads, but that potentially by following the money from the 527 to the llc, it meant that the llc could spend money for what was called consulting services without really having to report it. and that s in addition to the $700,000 in the box of chocolates. so the question is, as always, what did john edwards know and when did he know it. you know, technically when you have a 527 or a pac, the campaign is not supposed to coordinate in any way, know anything about those operations. i think there are some questions regarding how that money flowed, whether or not john edwards knew about where that money was going, and there are also some questions about, again, there are some limits on how money can be used that can t be used for what s called personal use. and i would say trying to hide
joining me now, msnbc political analyst, karen finney, who served as communications director to elizabeth edwards during the 2004 campaign when her husband was the vice presidential nominee. thanks for joining us tonight, karen. good to be with you. karen, from what you know about this case as outlined publicly so far, what would the violation of campaign finance law be? well, you know, it s interesting because the government had quite a time trying to disentangle all the various pieces of this. as i understand it at this point, there was a 527, and that was initially where bunny is alleged to have i think sent millions of dollars. that 527, there was also an llc by a similar name. money went from the 527 to the llc. the 527 spent money during the 2008 campaign in support of john edwards campaign, what are called the issue ads, but that