Outside groups aligned with Republicans are dominating spending on independent expenditures in the run-up to the 2010 midterm elections. As... View Article
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Another week, another poor attempt by a New York Times columnist to be contrarian. Last week it was Frank Rich... View Article
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1) Citizens United non-profits push the legal limits of political advertising. (NYT) 2) The long-battle by campaign finance opponents to... View Article
Continue readingCourt rulings change elections, independent spending dwarfs party spending in midterm
Outside spending by independent groups is dramatically changing the face and shape of elections in the United States in the... View Article
Continue readingAccounting for the current state of affairs will require transparency
In a post at The Big Picture, blogger Invictus writes about a recent report from New York State Attorney General... View Article
Continue readingThe Coward’s Argument Against Transparency
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat... View Article
Continue readingThe Internet isn’t a witch, it’s you
Over the weekend, the New York Times treated us to an Op-Ed by liberal polemicist Frank Rich excoriating the Internet... View Article
Continue readingHead of government regulator received huge payment package from former financial industry employer
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) chairwoman Mary Schapiro received nearly $9 million in compensation and retirement benefits from the Financial Industry... View Article
Continue readingNBA stars contributed to Democrats in 2008, Obama looks to raise money with them in 2010
In 2008 professional basketball players contributed some tens of thousands of dollars to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and to the... View Article
Continue readingNobel Prize in Economics goes to secret hold victim
Here’s an interesting development in the world of secret holds: the Nobel Prize committee just awarded Peter Diamond the Nobel... View Article
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