“For A Personal Cause, Casino Owner Bets On Gingrich”
Peter Overby has this report, the first in a series, on Super PACs.
Today’s story: Romney, SuperPAC Outspend Rivals Combined.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
“Wisconsin Judge Won’t Stay Ruling to Invalidate Voter ID Law”
Bloomberg reports.
“Meet The New Super PAC PAC+ says it will spend more than $10 million organizing for Obama in black and Latino communities. An independent effort from the left whose targets include Texas, Georgia”
BuzzFeed reports.
“Bet on the feds to throttle the state’s new voter ID law”
Sid Salter has written this column in the Clarion-Ledger.
“Lobbying and transparency: A comparative analysis of regulatory reform”
Craig Holman and William Luneberg have written this article for the new journal, Interest Groups & Advocacy. Here is the abstract:
As citizens grow increasingly wary of whose interests are being represented in the public policy arena, especially in… Continue reading
“Montana Secretary of State Won’t Let Libertarians Choose a U.S. Senate Nominee”
Richard Winger blogs.
“New Florida Data Suggests HAVA’s Approach to Disabled Voters Isn’t Working”
New ChapinBlog.
“Shop Talk: A new era in campaign finance; Five of the nation’s top campaign finance lawyers reflect on Citizens United and the new world of money and politics.”
Campaigns & Elections reports (h/t Eric Brown).
“Coleman and the Perils of New Federalism”
Michael Waterstone has this post at Prawfblawg on today’s Supreme Court opinion in Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland .
It has been a long day, so I leave to others the following question: what relevance, if any, does… Continue reading
“Obama outraises his Republican opponents in February”
USA Today: “President Obama raised more campaign money last month than any of the Republicans vying to replace him, but leading Republican outside groups are outstripping Democratic-aligned super PACs in fundraising, new figures show. Obama collected $21.3 million… Continue reading
“Mitt Romney supporters rally in February, donating $18 million”
WaPo reports.
“Payday lenders scrutinized for funneling cash to super PACs”
USA Today reports.
“‘Super PACs’ Supply Millions as G.O.P. Race Drains Field”
NYT: “The Republican presidential candidates are running low on campaign cash as expensive primaries in states like Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania loom, leaving them increasingly reliant on a small group of supporters funneling millions of dollars in unlimited… Continue reading
“Elections Canada boss breaks silence over robo-call controversy”
The Globe and Mail reports.