Topic: election 2012

How Much Did Republicans Spend Per Vote in Iowa?

And the sad fact is that more and more money is being spent to influence each election, including Iowa. ... read full article »

New Obama Super PAC Takes a Different Route

President Barack Obama doesn’t lack for support from rich donors – before 2012 even started, he had raised nearly $100 million for the 2012 race, largely from big donors. ... read full article »

Early Primary Voters Left in the Dark

Super PACs, the outside organizations that can raise and spend unlimited amounts on political campaigns, have already spent $12.9 million to influence the Republican primaries in Iowa and other early election states.... read full article »

Stat of the Moment

Iowans go to the caucuses tonight to make their choice for the Republican presidential nomination, but millions have already been spent influencing their decision.... read full article »

What Will Define 2012?

In a blog post on Salon, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich notes how with 77 percent of respondents to a recent Pew Foundation poll saying too much power is in the hands of a few rich corporations and people,... read full article »

The Super PAC Galaxy

Why is it that outer space can be such a useful metaphor? ... read full article »

No Joke: S.C., Corporate Personhood, and Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert has a super PAC and he knows exactly what he wants to buy: the naming rights to his home state of South Carolina’s Republican primary and a ballot referendum question asking voters if they believe “corporations are people”... read full article »

Quote of the Moment: ‘Campaign finance law has made a mockery of our political campaign season’

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today and spent some time denouncing the current system of campaign finance.... read full article »

$20 million for Newt?

Politico reported this week that casino magnate Sheldon Anderson was set to donate $20 million to a Super PAC – a political organization that can raise and unlimited sums – supporting Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign.... read full article »

Politicians Aren’t Just Bought by Corporations

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been using his Leadership PAC, an outside political fundraising organization, to support other politicians with cash... read full article »

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