NoahPransky

The FEC needs to enforce, and thanks to a petition filed yesterday by the Campaign Legal Center, the FEC will have a chance to clarify and rewrite the vague rules: http://www.wtsp.com/article/news/we-need-to-fix-it-as-watchdogs-lawmakers-try-to-stop-zombie-campaigns/67-515040443 But you're right, Congress needs to fix the law too. Its a bipartisan problem - we need it to be a bipartisan fix.

There is such poor oversight, those kind of things would be possible. That said, there is so much scrutiny on big presidential candidates, it would be much more difficult for them. However, nobody seemed to pay attention to former Congressional candidates prior to our story.

We are hoping the exposure at least gets the FEC to clarify rules. They don't need Congress for that....they just need a bipartisan scandal with enough outrage that they have to do something (dead guys campaigning?!?). A law will take Congress though, yes.

There seems to be little limit. Joseph P Kennedy II has been investing his for 22yrs, with few other expenses...but its tough to tell where the money is going, because even in good economies, he's written off big losses to large banks.

They can be. Jesse Jackson Jr. was arrested for this - but the FEC's enforcement is the bare minimum. It typically takes media coverage and a public outcry for something to happen.