Mitt Romney
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Feb28
Clips round up for 2/28/2013
Justice Scalia was really being Justice Scalia yesterday at oral arguments for the challenge to Section 5: he called it "perpetuation of a racial entitlement" that Congress would never overturn because the name of the bill sounded nice. Sotomayor fired back to the lawyer: "Do you think the right to vote is a racial entitlement in Section 5?"
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Jan08
Clips round up for 1/8/2013
Hey everyone! A big thanks to Kurt for handling the clips while I was on sabbatatical. Now back at it:
Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch wrote in the Daily News this weekend that it's time to clean up Albany: "We have every reason to believe that replicating the city’s system of public financing at the state level will have precisely the same effect."
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Oct31
Clips round up for 10/31/2012
Jack Gillum at AP pulls together the top donors to the Obama and Romney campaigns (and super PACs). Obama: Fred Eychaner, James Simons, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Irwin Jacobs, Jon Stryker. Romney: Shel Adelson, Harold Simmons, Bob Perry, Robert Rowling, Bill Koch.
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Oct17
Clips round up for 10/17/2012
Another no-show for campaign finance issues at the debate last night, though Mitt Romney did hit Obama for attending a fundraiser in Vegas the day after the Benghazi attack.
It's the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's 100th birthday. On Friday, Public Citizen and a host of organizations are going to be rallying in DC against their dark money spending. Details here.
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Oct10
NEW REPORT: Insurers Pursuing Billions in Medicare Profits Make Big Contributions to Candidates Backing Ryan Budget
Along with Health Care for America Now, Public Campaign Action Fund announced a new report today: "Insurers Pursuing Billions in Medicare Profits Make Big Contributions to Candidates Backing Ryan Budget," which details the huge amount of campaign cash flowing to supporters of the Ryan plan, and how those interests benefit.
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Oct10
Clips round up for 10/10/2012
If you're in DC on Thursday, Common Cause is hosting the premiere of, "The United States of ALEC" at the National Press Club.
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Oct03
Questions President Obama and Gov. Romney Should Be Asked At the Presidential Debate About Money in Politics
By: David Donnelly and Adam Smith
President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney will face off in their first debate on Wednesday at the University of Denver, moderated by PBS’s Jim Lehrer. The questions will focus on the economy, healthcare, governing, and the role of government.
Here are five questions a piece that Mr. Lehrer could ask each candidate related to these issues.
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Sep19
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Sep18
Romney: 'Frankly What I Need You to Do Is to Raise Millions of Dollars'
That’s what Mitt Romney said to the donors gathered at a Florida fundraiser, who had paid $50,000 each to attend. He told them “that’s by far the most important thing you can do,” because in his words, “advertising makes a difference.”
Sep12Clips round up for 9/12/2012
Sorry, voters, can't talk--we've got fundraising to do. NYT: "Instead, betting that they can raise and spend far more on their own, Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney are committing to ambitious fund-raising schedules that are eating into valuable campaign time, tangling their travel schedules and complicating their efforts to woo voters."