“As Recess Nears, Little Hope for Breaking Partisan Impasse”
NYT congressional memo.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
“Obama May Still Have an Ally in Wisconsin: Demographics”
“So Sue Them”
NYT Editorial page blog on the Florida purge.
“Florida’s Tea Party Government Picks Voter Purge Fight With Justice Department; Like 2000, Florida is poised to use bad data to purge legal voters.”
Steven Rosenfeld reports for AlterNet.
“Hickenlooper signs bill creating rules for public access to ballots”
Denver Post: ” Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation today that sets rules for public review of voted ballots — a bill supporters say is necessary to prevent chaos in the November election, but critics call a blow to open government.”
“The 18-Year Bench; Linda Greenhouse calls for Supreme Court term limits.”
Slate’s latest in its “How We Can Fix the Constitution” series.
“Campaigns Blitz 9 Swing States in a Battle of Ads”
NYT reports.
” Watch Live TV Coverage Obama Speaks on Economy, European Debt Crisis IRS Denial of Tax Exemption to U.S. Political Group Spurs Alarms”
Important Bloomberg report. I expect and fear that any action will come too late to rein in these sham Super PACs for this election.
“Obama and the New Party”
Remember the New Party (as in the Timmons case)? Apparently someone is trying to make the defunct group a campaign issue now.
“Few centrists advance in California’s new primary system”
The LA Times reports.
“Does the term ‘the White House’ refer to President Obama?”
Apparently not if you are a Republican FEC Commissioner. The LA Times reports.
“Ex-Aide to Senator Pleads Guilty in Scheme That Snared Only Him”
Very sad and inexplicable story of Douglas Hampton and former Senator Ensign.
“Mitt Romney’s fundraising outpaces President Obama’s in May”
WaPo reports.
“FEC Deadlocks on Disclosure Obligation For Political Ads Targeting ‘White House’”
Bloomberg BNA reports.