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Romney and the GOP construct an alternate reality
"We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers," says Neil Newhouse, a Romney pollster. A half-dozen fact-checking organizations and websites have refuted Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's claims that President Obama removed the work...
Tags: News Media, Medicare, Media Industry, Politics, Book
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The 2012 political cash race
DAILY AMERICAN REPORTERBefore any candidate can truly participate in the race for the White House they must first do well in a different race — the cash race. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent by both President Barack Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney as...Tags: White House, Democratic Party, Human Interest, Politics, Parties and Movements
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AP Exclusive: Romney uses secretive data-mining
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's success in raising hundreds of millions of dollars in the costliest presidential race ever can be traced in part to a secretive data-mining project that sifts through Americans' personal information —...
Tags: Media Industry, Politics, Computing and Information Technology Industry, The Associated Press, Political Fundraising
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Sherman alleges Berman illegally overpaid brother for campaign work
It's the latest twist in an increasingly vitriolic campaign for Congress: Rep. Brad Sherman is going after payments made to the brother of his rival, fellow Democratic Rep. Howard Berman. In a complaint filed Thursday with the Federal Election...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Marketing, Politics, Brad Sherman, Jean Merl
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Memo to Romney: Stop talking about your taxes; it's not helping
For all the media clamor for Mitt Romney to come clean on his past tax returns, maybe his campaign advisers would be better off just advising him to keep quiet on the matter, before he gaffes again. Mr. Romney's supposedly clarifying remark that he has...
Tags: Harry Reid, Taxation, Politics, Federal Income Tax, Internal Revenue Service
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Citizens United II
"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics." That penultimate sentence in now-retired Justice John Paul Stevens' brilliant dissent in the...
Tags: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Metal and Mineral, Non Ferrous Metal, John McCain
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The forgotten lesson of Watergate: In politics, nothing corrupts like money
At the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters, an act that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon, the chief lesson seems hopelessly lost. The lesson was this: Of all the...
Tags: The Washington Post, White House, Politics, Joe Biden, Television Industry
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John Edwards wins in court
John Edwards was acquitted on one count in his federal corruption trial, and a mistrial was declared on the others. That's not surprising, given the nature of the charges and the evidence. It's a case that should never have been brought, and the federal...Tags: John Edwards, Politics, Justice System, Lawyers, Scott E Thomas
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Nelson campaign reports raising $1.8 million in 2Q; claims $11M in the bank
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelThe campaign of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson reported it had raised $1.8 million in the second quarter of 2012, giving it about $11 million in the bank. Official returns for the quarter, which ended June 30, will not be posted by federal officials until Sunday.... -
Duckworth outraises Walsh in second quarter
Clout StreetDemocratic challenger Tammy Duckworth outraised Republican Rep. Joe Walsh by a better than 2-1 ratio from April to June, and both candidates in the heated 8th Congressional District contest began this month with more than $700,000 to spend. Reports filed...Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Parties and Movements, Political Fundraising, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Raptors for Jesus
Change of SubjectBy Megan Crepeau Nope, it's not the Pitchfork festival's hottest breakout star, it's a real, live Super PAC: Back in April, Stephen Colbert announced a new form of campaign finance reform satire -- DIY mockery of the Super PAC system....... -
Duckworth outraises Walsh in 2nd quarter
Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth outraised Republican Rep. Joe Walsh by a better than 2-1 ratio from April to June, and both candidates in the heated 8th Congressional District contest began this month with more than $700,000 to spend. Reports filed...
Tags: Illinois, Democratic Party, Politics, Parties and Movements, Political Fundraising
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