President Obama's 'super PAC' switch

We don't know whether President Obama watches "The Colbert Report," but if so, he must have felt a sense of deja vu when he endorsed a supposedly independent "super PAC" that will air advertising on his behalf. You may remember the show: To comply with campaign finance law, Stephen Colbert, a mock candidate for president, transferred control of his super PAC to pal and business partner Jon Stewart. Hilarity ensued because supposedly there would be no coordination between Colbert and his buddy.

Now Obama has done almost the same thing, despite his longtime opposition to massive special-interest spending in political campaigns. His decision to embrace Priorities USA Action, a political action committee founded by two former aides, is as much an indictment of campaign finance regulation as of an incumbent president who decided to take full advantage of provisions that Republicans have successfully exploited

via latimes.com