Monthly Archives: July 2014
“Former Top Aide to Governor Arnold Schwarznegger Admits Top-Two Injures Independent Candidates”
“End Partisan Primaries, Save America”
Sen. Schumer endorses Top-Two in NYT oped. The political science does not (at least not yet) seem to support what Sen. Schumer thinks about the effects of top two, however.
“Why Frank McKay Should Worry About Tim Wu”
“Adelson lieutenant: “We are not spending $100 million on Senate races”
Perkins Coie Makes Life Difficult for the Center for Responsive Politics
Here’s a taste:
On April 15, 2014, we sent a letter to Rodell Mollineau, then the president of American Bridge and a former staffer of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, requesting the group’s application materials, preferably in electronic form. On… Continue reading
“New report finds broad opposition to IRS regulations on political speech”
Press release: “87 percent of concerned individuals sampled and 97 percent of organizations, nonprofit experts, and public officials oppose to varying degrees IRS regulations limiting the speech rights of societally important social welfare organizations, according to a new report … Continue reading
Bob Bauer Responds to Larry Noble [corrected]
“Six questions about the IRS’s missing emails, from IT experts”
“Want to reduce polarization? Give parties more money.”
Ray LaRaja and Brian Schaffner responds to Mann and Corrado. [corrected authors]
“Snap(shot) Decision: Wisconsin Considers Lifting Camera Ban at Polls”
“Leadership war stymies Senate mission”
Paul Kane for WaPo:
The Senate went three months this spring without voting on a single legislative amendment, the nitty-gritty kind of work usually at the heart of congressional lawmaking. So few bills have been approved this year, and so… Continue reading
“Black voter turnout exceed white voter turnout, even in states with strict ID laws, pundit claims”
PunditFact says “true:”
Riley said “black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws,” despite the Democrats claiming the voter ID laws suppress the black vote.
While… Continue reading
“Senate primary needs to end so healing can begin”
Sam Hall on #MSSEN:
If the campaign has enough evidence to file a challenge, then they should file a challenge. A more likely observation: if the campaign had enough evidence to file a challenge, they would have filed a challenge… Continue reading