Monthly Archives: December 2012
“The Dick Morris/Newsmax Super PAC Boondoggle”
Media Matters: “While the 2012 election may have severely damaged Dick Morris’ credibility as a pundit, leading to his temporary benching at Fox News, it appears to have been good for his wallet. The Fox News contributor and columnist at … Continue reading
“Last-minute mega-donations fueled super PAC attacks”
The Center for Public Integrity reports.
“GOP Resurrects Plan to Rig Electoral College”
Mother Jones: “The states where Republicans have proposed changing Electoral College rules—Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where legislation has been introduced, and Michigan and Ohio, where activists have pushed the idea (see below)—went for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012. There… Continue reading
“Adelson: No Second Bite for Chamber of Commerce”
“Republicans Spent Big on Akin in Missouri, Only to Lose”
NYT: “To the bitter end, establishment Republicans maintained Representative Todd Akin, the Republican nominee challenging Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, was dead to them, cut off for his comment that women could not get pregnant in the event of… Continue reading
Cagle Cartoons Tackles Florida’s Voting Wars
“Progressive Groups Branch Out To Tackle Filibuster, Big Money, Voting”
I missed this Roll Call piece from Nov. 29.
“Super Pacs: 2012’s Bond Villains or a Giant Waste of Money?”
Robert Schlesinger has written this opinion piece for US News.
“Lobbying: The italian regulatory framework under the comparative perspective”
Andrea Bortoluzzi has posted this draft on BePress. Here is the abstract:
The intention of the Author is to examine all the rules that the Italian legal system imposes on lobbying, in part for the purpose of limiting certain lobbying… Continue reading
“Tea Party Gains Control Over Republican Policy Incubators”
“You’ve Got Mail, Mr. President: Two New Letters Weigh In on Voting Technology Issues”
Doug Chapin:
For the past month, the election community has been focused to different degrees on President Obama’s Election Night observation that “we need to fix” problems that caused long lines at the polls on Election Day.
Recently, the President… Continue reading
Campaign Money Roundup
Bloomberg: “Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and an allied super-political action committee spent about $7 million a day during the final three weeks of his unsuccessful campaign to defeat President Barack Obama. Romney’s campaign committee reported to the Federal… Continue reading
“In Latest Campaign Finance Challenge, Watchdogs File in Defense of Vermont’s Disclosure Laws in 2nd Circuit”
Release: “Today, the Campaign Legal Center, joined by Democracy 21, filed an amici curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, defending the disclosure provisions and contribution limits of the State of Vermont’s campaign finance… Continue reading