He can't use it to campaign - per se. As this Politico article by Ken Vogel points out, the former speaker can still use the cash for campaign-like expenses; office staff, polling, travel, etc. American Solutions is a so-called 527 group, allowing it to accept unlimited donations from individuals and corporations, while the others' groups are political action committees, which are limited to maximum donations of $5,000 per-person-per-year. Though PACs are able to make contributions to federal campaigns, while 527s can't, both types of groups can be used to pay for staff, consulting, polling, fundraising, office space and travel, all things that can help ambitious politicians lay the groundwork for presidential campaigns.According to a report filed Friday night with the Internal Revenue Service, American Solutions relied on some huge donations to pull in $6,360,032 between July 1 and Dec. 31.In that same span, according to reports filed this weekend with the Federal Election...(Read Full Post)