Topic: election 2012

Beyond 2012

U.C. Irvine law professor Richard L. Hasen has an op-ed on CNN today explaining why super PACs, the political organizations that can take and spend unlimited sums on elections, are so threatening to America's future... read full article »

Campaigns Look South

The votes are nowhere near tallied in New Hampshire, but the Republican campaigns, super PACs, and their money are headed south – to South Carolina, precisely, whose primary is on Jan. 21.... read full article »

Nothing to Laugh About

New Hampshire is voting today for the Republican presidential nominee and one of the biggest stories is super PACs and the role they’ve played in this election so far.... read full article »

The Huntsman Dilemma

Based on polling numbers, Jon Huntsman is long shot to win the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.... read full article »

Buying Romney

The New Hampshire primary is tomorrow and Mitt Romney is the favorite to win, bringing him one step closer to cinching the Republican nomination for president. ... read full article »

What Party?

Gallup is out with a new poll today showing that more and more Americans – 40 percent, in fact -- are so dissatisfied with both political parties that they refuse to identify with either... read full article »

Will 2012 Be the Year Public Financing Dies?

Here’s a first: this year, not one major candidate for president has signed up to take tax-payer supported matching funds for their campaigns.... read full article »

Buddy Roemer Takes on Special Interests

Former Louisiana governor and Republican candidate for president, Buddy Roemer, has been nearly single-handedly talking about what none of the other candidates have: why we need to get money out of politics.... read full article »

Get Money Into the Debates

It's time for a massive national debate over political corruption. Yet the media don’t seem to be talking about it. And you know the politicians don’t want to.... read full article »

Big Oil Campaigns for Voter Support

As the presidential campaigns begin to ratchet up, the American Petroleum Institute, a major oil lobby group, is launching an ad campaign to make sure that energy issues have a prominent place in voters’ decisions at the polls.... read full article »

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