Ronald Brownstein offers this report in the Los Angeles Times, with the subhead: “Early redistricting for political gain has spread, defying tradition and increasing the push for nonpartisan decisions in states such as California.”

This article will likely appear in tomorrow’s New York Times.

See this interesting post.

The Seattle Times offers this report.

The Los Angeles Times offers this report. Meanwhile it looks like “paycheck protection” (requiring union members to affirmatively check a box that they would like a portion of their dues going to political causes, a measure defeated some years… Continue reading

The Cincinnati Enquirer offers this report, with the subhead: “Battle over votes could follow today’s levy recount.”

FEC Commissioner Brad Smith set off a blogstorm yesterday based on this comments (that I first noted here) relating to a pending FEC rulemaking on Internet campaign activity. The interview also set off a lively and informative debate on… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report.

The New York Times offers this report.

Shawn Macomber offers these thoughts in the American Spectator. Thanks to Dan Smith for the pointer.

Even before the Chief Justice retires, newspapers and the blogosphere are focused on the question of the upcoming confirmation wars. (I won’t link here to all of the news reports and commentaries; Howard Bashman has comprehensively linked to the relevant… Continue reading

The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: “Attorneys for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are attempting to block a state consumer group from intervening in a lawsuit filed against the state’s political watchdog agency seeking to allow the governor to… Continue reading

The Hill offers this report.

The report is summarized here, with links to additional data. Among the findings: ” Republican national, state, and local committees who report to the FEC raised $784.8 million during 2003-2004 in federally permissible