Denver, Colorado…Two kinds of non-disclosure popped up in my half hour of TV news viewing this morning in Denver, ground... View Article
Continue readingDid the dog eat American Action Network’s disclosure reports?
Editor's note: As of today (10/27), American Action Network's buy in Colorado now shows up on Federal Election Commission disclosures, $725,000 dated October 12. The Denver Post reports today that channel 9 (ABC) pulled the ad posted below for false claims.
Soon after news surfaced that the American Action Network planned to drop $1.5 million into Colorado's seventh district, where Democratic incumbent Ed Perlmutter is facing off against Ryan Frazier in a race that has become competitive, TV advertisements started going up on the airwaves. The conservative group, however, has yet to report spending ...
Continue readingSwing State Confidential: Colorado–What (Senator) Do Women Want?
Denver, Colorado…This morning’s crop of political advertisements–collected while watching a half hour of morning news on channel 4, CBS–in the... View Article
Continue readingOutside groups are insiders on D.C.’s fundraising scene
Last May Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., raised campaign cash at a reception at the offices of the National Association of Realtors and around the same time, the group's PAC sent his campaign a check for $4,000.
Four months later, in September, the PAC started spending big, but this time on independent expenditures. Three hundred thousand dollars for a campaign ad. Forty-six thousand dollars on Internet ads. By mid-October, the group had spent more than $576,000 in support of Reichert.
When groups make independent expenditures to support or oppose a candidacy, they are not supposed to coordinate in ...
Continue readingSwing State Confidential: Colorado–American Action Network, Club for Growth & More
Denver, CO…This morning’s news broadcast on channel 7, ABC news, here in Denver began with the announcer reporting that Michelle... View Article
Continue readingSwing State Confidential: Colorado – Chamber & NEA Join the Fray
Denver, CO–I’m watching political ads airing on television news every morning here in the swing state of Colorado and following... View Article
Continue readingSwing State Confidential: Colorado
Denver, Colorado–Ah, life in a swing state. With several important races in play, we Coloradans are getting blasted with a... View Article
Continue readingSimilac recall: new FDA data on beetle-infested formula, other recalls too
A few days ago I received a plain white envelope in the mail from Abbott, the infant formula manufacturer. Inside... View Article
Continue readingTop donors to lawmakers fund their official portraits
For 24 years, Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., has represented the sixth district of Tennessee, rising to become the chairman of the House Science Committee. Now he is retiring, but he is planning to leave his likeness behind in the committee room, in the form of an official portrait paid for by corporate donors such as Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, and Northrop Grumman, which are also top contributors to his campaign fund. These companies have contributed a total of $34,000 to the portrait fund.
Another lawmaker, House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., who is slated for an easy win in the ...
Continue readingBlogher-ites question politicians
Last weekend more than 2,400 women bloggers descended on New York City for the annual Blogher conference. That was eight... View Article
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