Fired Up!, LLC's FEC AOR Generating Discussion

The FEC Advisory Opinion Request filed by Fired Up!, LLC is starting to generate some discussion.

Last week, three groups--Democracy 21, the Campaign Legal Center and the Center for Responsive Politics filed joint comments suggesting that the FEC should not affirm that Fired Up! qualifies for the media exemption under campaign finance law.

Brian Svoboda, an attorney with Perkins Coie, and counsel to Fired Up! posted a reply that has been excerpted at SkepticsEye.com.  SkepticsEye is maintained by a former staffer to a Republican FEC commissioner.

There was some additional discussion in today's Hotline Blogometer at Blogs vs. The FEC.  And here's a piece by prominent election lawyer, Bob Bauer, on the topic.

The original AOR can be found here.  Here's a link to the FEC site where the AOR and comments can be found.  Here's a link that outlines the process for commenting to the FEC.

Interested parties are urged to share their views with the commission.