Leadership Forum dodges an FEC fine
The FEC announces: The complaint alleged that the Leadership Forum was established to help specific Republican House candidates in the 2004 elections and it had become a political committee by accepting contributions and making expenditures for the purpose of influencing specific federal elections. The Commission's investigation found no evidence that The Leadership Forum received contributions or made expenditures that would require registration as a political committee. -- FEC Completes Action on Two Enforcement Cases
Comment: Brett Kappel emailed me about this with the tag line, "527s not dead yet." Somebody who has more time than I do to parse this stuff may be able to explain to me and you why the Leadership Forum did not get fined, but the Swift Boaters and MoveOn.org Voter Fund did.