“An Inside Look at the DCCC Research Department”
Roll Call reports.
Category Archives: campaigns
“World French Twitter Users Outsmart Election Law With Cheese, Flan References”
Time: “Dutch cheese, Hungarian wine, rotten tomato and flan were just a few buzzwords thrown around in the French Twitter community on Sunday, when users wittily tweeted in code to skirt a French law prohibiting voting predictions in the… Continue reading
Must-Read NYT Profile on ALEC
Here:
Most of the attention has focused on ALEC’s role in creating model bills, drafted by lobbyists and lawmakers, that broadly advance a pro-business, socially conservative agenda. But a review of internal ALEC documents shows that this is only… Continue reading
“‘Presidential’ vs. ‘Political’ Trips: A Blurry Line, and Tricky Math”
NYT: “Officials at the White House, the Chicago campaign headquarters and the Democratic National Committee declined to say how they decide which events are political and how much to reimburse the government. That secrecy has a tradition dating at… Continue reading
“The Questionable Prosecution of John Edwards”
National Review editorializes.
“This is the town that Jack built, earmark by earmark, into an oasis of economic development projects for 36 years”
Great lede in this Roll Call report on the PA-12 congressional race.
“Editorial: How ‘street money’ tilts playing field”
Very interesting Dallas Morning News editorial.
A Reader Complaint About Obama Campaign’s Credit Card Policies
A regular reader (who also regularly disagrees with me) sends along the following comment:
Rick, I’m a bit curious: Is it that you don’t believe the story about Obama’s credit card processing software being set to accept donations under names… Continue reading
“Zoeller launches investigation into whether political calls are being made under guise of the AG’s office”
“Less Effort, More Money? Me Too!”
Gary Silverman on Rick Santorum’s “suspension” of his campaign.
“Road to Democratic House Majority Bypasses Pennsylvania”
Bloomberg: “he road to a Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives used to run through the industrial battleground states of Pennsylvania (BEESPA) and Ohio (BEESOH). That’s no longer so as Republicans, in control of the largest… Continue reading
“U.S. ban on political ads on public TV struck down”
Reuters: ” A divided U.S. appeals court struck down a federal ban on political advertising on public TV and radio stations, a decision that could open the public airwaves to a heavy dose of campaign ads leading up to the… Continue reading
“Does The Case Against John Edwards Go Too Far?”
Excellent Carrie Johnson report for NPR.
“Jury orders Iowa Democratic Party, candidate to pay in negative ad lawsuit”
AP reports.