2012
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Jun05
Campaign 2012: All Big Money, All the Time
While much of today's focus will center on the recall election in Wisconsin, the 2012 presidential race is sounding a familiar theme: money, money, money. Soon to be Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, is heading to Texas to raise campaign cash from his chief constiuency, millionaires and billionaires.
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Jun05
Clips Round-up for 6/5/12
ABC News had a great piece on presidential bundlers yesterday and the Scott Walker recall is today and Mother Jones has facts about the big spending.
Jun04Clips Round-up for 6/4/12
An interesting BuzzFeed story on the donors not giving to Obama in 2012 that gave in 2008 - disillusionment with him and Congress, the economy, and feeling like small donations don't make a difference in the age of super PACs are all reasons given.
May30Clips Round-up for 5/30/12
Top story this morning from Politico: "Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives – including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – plan to spend roughly $1 billion on November’s elections for the White House and control of Congress, according to officials familiar with the groups’ internal operations. ...
May30Watchdog: 2012 Election Spending Should Be Alarming to Americans of Every Stripe
Campaign finance watchdog Public Campaign released a statement in response to today’s Politico story on conservative groups planning to spend over $1 billion to buy the presidency and Congress.
May22Obama Tops $1 Billion
President Obama has now raised more than $1 billion during his political career.
The Daily Caller reports: "His total take reached $1,017,892,305 in April, some nine years after he began his 2004 race for the Senate. Obama is widely expected to raise at least $300 million more before November."
The money chase is only going to get worse from here as money has become the key political currency.
May22Clips Round-up for 5/22/12
On Friday, a federal judge struck down the "rescue funds" provision of North Carolina's judicial public financing system. Some comments on our blog from Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart. "Systems like North Carolina’s judicial public financing program should be held up as examples of what works.
May21Clips Round-up for 5/21/12
In an interview with George Stephanopoulos this weekend, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said, "What I would like to see in this election is a recognition that we must reduce the role of money in campaigns.
May18Clips Round-up for 5/18/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Roll Call: Coburn calls on parties to reject public funding for conventions
"Opening a new front in the GOP’s ongoing bid to end public campaign financing, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has called on the chairs of the Democratic and Republican National Committees to reject public funding for their upcoming party conventions."May17