Front-Group Alert: Softer Voices

This piece originally appeared on The Patriot Project

A front group run by a rather well-connected crowd appears to exist entirely to boost the campaign of Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum.

Softer Voices, another 527 front-organization, says on its website:

“Softer Voices is a conservative issue advocacy organization representing citizens concerned with national security, the economy, policies affecting families and society, and maintaining a free and democratic society.”

And which citizens does Softer Voices represent?

Softer Voices’ “Custodian of Records” is Cleta Mitchell, which the Washington Post describes as,

“a high-profile election lawyer with long ties to the national Republican Party.”

Ms. Mitchell shows up elsewhere. From The Hill’s September 19 Business & Lobbying column,

“ETHICS. Cleta Mitchell, an attorney at Foley & Lardner, is lobbying on House and Senate ethics rules on behalf of the Heritage Foundation.”