Major Democratic donors and activists are coming together to plot an outside spending strategy for the 2012 campaign after failing... View Article
Continue readingSwing State Confidential: Colorado–the Wild Wild West
Over the last several weeks, the Colorado Senate race became the poster race of the outrageous amounts of money pouring... View Article
Continue readingThe Citizens United Effect: 40 percent of outside money made possible by Supreme Court ruling
In 2002 former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once flippantly described connections between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda terrorists by saying,... View Article
Continue readingSwing State Confidential: Colorado–The Day Before
Denver, Colorado…With the Senate race here considered closest in the nation, local officials are bracing for the possibility of needing... View Article
Continue readingSwing State Diary: Colorado–Home Stretch
Denver, Colorado…With five days to go before Election Day, outside spending on Colorado’s Senate race is now over $30 million,... View Article
Continue readingSwing State Confidential: Colorado–more American Crossroads
Denver, Colorado…Today’s yield of political ads delivered along with a half hour of morning news (KDVR FOX 31) includes a... View Article
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A roundup of what we’re noticing in the Reporting Group as we dig into government data and disclosures: By the... View Article
Continue readingHydra of independent groups fuels Republican side
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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A roundup of what we’re noticing in the Reporting Group as we dig into government data and disclosures: Lopsided: Right-leaning... View Article
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A roundup of what we’re noticing in the Reporting Group as we dig into government data and disclosures: Dark money:... View Article
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