Obama Raffle Video Not Legal, Election Law Experts Say

Matt Cover at CNS News:

“It is a specific prohibition on solicitation [of money] by the president, the vice president, or any member of Congress on any federal property,” she said.

To be fair, this seems kind of nit-picky to me. It’s not like the guy is holding a fundraising dinner at the Whitehouse. Having said that, it does appear to be accurate. He can’t do that. Also, even I knew about this law, so I’m pretty sure the president and his staff knew better.