A week has passed since the Federal Election Commission (FEC) approved a new electioneering communications rule to interpret the Supreme Court's June decision in the Wisconsin Right to Life case. With three drafts to consider, the FEC adopted a broad interpretation of evidence of "express advocacy" in ads.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has fined the group the Media Fund $580,000 after concluding that the group illegally ran advertising against President Bush and in favor of Senator John Kerry. The FEC said that during the 2004 election, the now inactive group violated the law because it accepted unlimited donations from unions and expressly advocated the defeat or victory of a political candidate. The group was registered as a 527, but should have registered as a political committee. The Media Fund was the first to have a "probable cause hearing" under the pilot program.

Check out this very interesting blog which asks what the nonprofit sector's role is in the 2008 election and as promoters of civic engagement. More importantly the author states; "The problem, rather, is that the broader social policy environment is hostile to most of our [nonprofits'] missions, hostile even to the concept of a common good. That's the limiting factor that should be changed."