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Ridiculous Super PAC Ad of the Moment

I’d be all about super PACs if all of their ads were this ridiculously entertaining: Breitbart.com writes: A health insurance broker, Glenn Morton, has founded a super PAC called “Occupy Obamacare” and begun producing videos that using horror-movie imagery to... read full article »

Selling Access to the Most Famous House in the Country

Over the weekend, the website Buzzfeed obtained a fundraising email detailing how Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican candidate for president, plans to offer top donors special access to a "Presidential Inaugural retreat," assuming he's elected in November. ... read full article »

Romney’s Unlimited Wall Street Money Pushed Santorum Out of the Race

Today, Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for the presidency. As USA Today notes, the former senator dropped his bid only two weeks before the Pennsylvania primary, where polls indicated he would lose his home state to Mitt Romney. What happened?... read full article »

A Not-So-Super General Election

With Mitt Romney looking more and more like the Republican presidential nominee, outside political organizations like super PACs are looking ahead to the general election, with big plans to try to beat President Barack Obama.... read full article »

Million Dollar Gifts Accounted for Half of Super PACs’ Money in 2011

Got a million bucks lying around? How about 100 grand? If so, you’re in good company…of the 714 super PAC donors in 2011, who gave an average of $88,000 to the nine biggest non-campaign organizations supporting (or, in many cases,... read full article »

‘The First Rule of Outside Election Spending Is You Don’t Talk About Outside Election Spending’

Republicans have big plans for the 2012 elections -- and a big network of donors to make those plans happen. Their network, organized by former Bush advisor Karl Rove, is made up of a diverse mix of players, including super... read full article »

Obama’s in Full Campaign Mode

President Obama raised $45 million for his re-election campaign in February, nearly twice what he raised in January and in each of the last three months of 2011. However, it’s less than what he raised in February 2008. While Republicans... read full article »

The Long Shadow of the Super PAC

The rise of the super PAC has been one of the defining trends of the 2012 election so far. These non-campaign organizations which, thanks in part to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, can raise and spend unlimited amounts... read full article »

Obama Super PAC Has Trouble Raising Funds

Last month, President Obama made the controversial decision to embrace the super PAC dedicated to getting him reelected. But that doesn’t mean that his super PAC, Priorities USA Action, is anywhere close to as successfully fundraising as those linked to... read full article »

What Can 69 Percent of Americans Agree On?

A new poll finds that the majority of all Americans and registered voters alike say super PACs, the non-campaign organizations that can raise and spend unlimited amounts influencing elections, should be illegal. ... read full article »

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