Showing posts with label Super PAC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Super PAC. Show all posts
Saturday, August 8, 2026

Solar Power

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  Many posts have discussed campaign finance . TIMOTHY CAMA and JACOB WENDLER at POLITICO: An aggressive new PAC backed by renewable ene...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Nursing Homes and Pay-to-Play Politics

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Many   posts  have  discussed   lobbying ,  " shadow lobbying ," " unlobbying ," and " non-lobbying lobbying ....
Monday, August 31, 2015

The Left Bank

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Nicholas Confessore reports at The New York Times : When Ready for Hillary, a pro- Hillary Rodham Clinton “ super PAC ,” wanted to take o...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Outside Money, Dark Money, and Public Opinion

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The New York Times offers a video on dark money in political campaigns:  Do real voters care? Not really. Chris Cillizza explains: ...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Ad Money and TV Stations

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The New York Times reports on the interplay of political organizations and the news media: The increasingly expensive elections that play ...
Friday, April 12, 2013

A Super PAC and the McConnell Recording

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It appears that the recording of a private conversation at Mitch McConnell's campaign was the result of deliberate eavesdropping, not...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Zuckerberg Super PAC

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Previous posts have explained that Silicon Valley has deep stakes in federal policy -- even though Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has ...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

Privacy and Campaign Technology

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Previous posts have discussed campaign technology . As the New York Times reports, the Romney and Obama campaigns insist that they respe...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

"Lowest Unit Rate"

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Consistent with a recent LA Times piece ,  The Washington Post explains an important financial advantage for Obama: Starting several week...
Thursday, August 2, 2012

Campaign Finance: Don't Know, Don't Care

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The Pew Research Center provides poll data showing that many people neither know nor care about Super PAC s: The public is hearing little ...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Lots of Money in This Election

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The Center for Responsive Politics reports: The 2012 presidential and congressional elections will be the most expensive on record, th...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Impact of Citizens United

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Our chapters on interest groups and elections discuss Citizens United , the Supreme Court case that reduced restrictions on campaign spendin...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

ATM v. Bullock

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Previous posts  have discussed Citizens United . Wendy Kaminer writes at The Atlantic : Advocates of campaign finance restrictions are no...
Monday, June 11, 2012

Coordination and Congressional Elections

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Reposted from Epic Journey: At  The Washington Post , Dan Eggen writes about one-donor/one-beneficiary  Super PAC s, using the example o...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Super PAC Goes for Youth

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The Des Moines Register reports: A new Republican super PAC today kicked into gear in Iowa today to whip up support younger Iowa voter...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Oppo People

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Previous posts have examined opposition research, or oppo .  NBC reports: As befits the age of internet transparency, Oppo people no longe...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Super PAC Tweets

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Two campaign trends:  the rise of super PACs and the increasing use of social media -- are intersecting.  Sarah Lai Stirland reports: In w...
Friday, January 6, 2012

Super PAC Background

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The Center for Responsive Politics explains : Super PACs are a new kind of political action committee created in July 2010 following the...