“California GOP to pursue a voter ID initiative”
The Fraudulent Fraud Squad comes to Burbank.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
“Justice Department Investigates Pennsylvania Voter ID Law”
TPM reports.
“IRS Responds to Rulemaking Petition Submitted by Democracy 21 and Campaign Legal Center, Says Agency Will Consider Changing Rules for 501(c)(4) Eligibility”
Via email:
IRS Responds to Rulemaking Petition Submitted by Democracy 21 and Campaign Legal Center, Says Agency Will Consider Changing Rules for 501(c)(4) Eligibility
In a letter sent today to the IRS, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center acknowledged… Continue reading
“Edit Memo: Take Back the Constitution from the Corporate Court”
“Dan Morain: Lungren-Bera race likely to be a PAC battlefield”
Dan Morain (SacBee): “Jonathan Soros, son of hedge fund billionaire George Soros,is about to meet casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in a smackdown over the Sacramento-area congressional seat held by Republican Dan Lungren.”
“Republican Party in California Is Caught in Cycle of Decline”
“The Politics of Anything Goes”
Tom Edsall’s latest is worth reading.
“Wake County NC Facing Tight Budgets, Tough Decisions as November Election Approaches”
A ChapinBlog.
“Bill Daley Asks: Is Obama Campaign Ready for Recounts?”
The Daily Beast reports.
What would a 2012 presidential election overtime look like? I argue in the last chapter of The Voting Wars that it would be much worse than Florida 2000.
“Can vouchers fix campaign finance?”
WaPo’s WonkBlog: “On Friday, I noted that a number of campaign finance experts, including Yale’s Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres and Harvard’s Larry Lessig, support a voucher system in which every eligible voter has a $50 voucher or tax… Continue reading
“Big Romney donors turn to PACs before GOP convention”
USA Today: “However, some of Romney’s most prolific donors have found another outlet for their money. Nearly 1 in 10 of the campaign’s largest donors also have contributed to Restore Our Future, together giving nearly $16 million to the… Continue reading
“Citizens United? Don’t Worry Your Pretty Heads About It”
Alec MacGillis at TNR responds to Matt Bai’s piece.
My response to Bai is here.
And another way that CU mattered: Check out John Coates, Corporate Politics, Governance, and Value Before and After Citizens United.
“Harry Reid Ready to Alter Filibuster Rules; Majority Leader Could Use ‘Constitutional Option’ to Change Rule on Procedural Votes”
Must-read Roll Call report. A snippet:
Another senior Democrat, Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), said the filibuster is a useful rule that Democrats may not want to alter if they return to the minority.
“If the Republicans take over… Continue reading
“Tech Startups Making Millions Off the Presidential Race”
Bloomberg has posted this post, the first in a four-part series called: “Making Millionaires: The 2012 Gold Rush,” examining who is making money off the most expensive presidential campaign in history.