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To: MarkT
What standing does the FEC have to intervene? I thought they are supposed to be neutral insofar as partisan politics is concerned and rule on whether a candidate follwed the rules in campagin finance.

Berg named them as a defendant, so they had to respond. Basically, the FEC is claiming they have no authority or duty to investigate Obama's eligibility; and they do have a point. Berg was just coving all the bases because if he did not include the FEC, the Democrat party and Obama would have claimed that Berg did not include the FEC as a required party to the suit, which would have caused further delays.

71 posted on 10/23/2008 7:59:39 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan
Berg was just coving all the bases

Or he was afraid the FEC would step in, so he brought them in in hopes that they would claim they don't have jurisdiction. If the FEC is granted this motion, then they can't interfere with Berg in anything related to the case.

135 posted on 10/23/2008 9:22:50 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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