Category Archives: campaigns
“Moderate Candidates’ Campaigns are Expensive–Very Expensive”
Anne Kim writes for the Washington Monthly.
“Governor tried to stop ad critical of her”
Santa Fe New Mexican:
Gov. Susana Martinez and her lawyers wanted to stop an ad critical of her from airing in the Albuquerque television market.
The ad features a young Hispanic woman (attorney Oriana Sandoval), who says: “Behind closed… Continue reading
White House Correspondents Dinner a “Three-Ring Circus of Corporate-Sponsored Parties”
Here’s the Bloomberg report.
That description appears in the email promoting the article, but not in the article itself.
“GOP Operative Pulls Election ‘Shenanigans’ In New York House Race”
Mother Jones:
“What kind of shenanigans are going on now?” That’s what Darin Robbins, a Green Party member in Corning, New York, thought when he learned that a stranger had circulated a petition to place his name on the… Continue reading
“Campaign Legal Center and Sunlight Foundation file FCC complaints against broadcasters for failure to disclose information on political ads”
See the press release.
“Republican group will focus on judicial races”
What Will It Take to Get. Rep. Grimm Off the Ballot?
Jerry Goldfeder weighs in, and he has a different view than what’s been expressed at Roll Call and elsewhere.
“On the Media” Discusses SCOTUS False Speech Case with Adam Liptak
“What if the tea party decides to walk away from the GOP in 2016? It could happen.”
Koch Bros. Monkey Around with Columbus, Ohio Referendum
NYT:
Americans for Prosperity is a national force in this year’s midterm congressional elections, but the organization showed again this week that it is willing to monkey around with local issues as well.
The advocacy group that has spent more… Continue reading
“GOP Could Be Stuck With Grimm, Despite Expected Indictment”
Roll Call: “Grimm will be on the general-election ballot unless one of three unlikely events takes place, according to a New York Republican source. He has already been designated by the state party as its nominee, so the only way… Continue reading
“Ohio Bans Campaign Lies, but the Supreme Court Might Soon Change That”
“In Defense of Political Lying”
Jack Shafer Reuters column on Susan B. Anthony.