Fair Elections/Campaign Finance A campaign finance penalty flag, by David Hill http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/david-hill/131251-a-campaign-finance-penalty-flag In this odd, football/campaign finance metaphor, Hill concludes that Republicans need to “fix this flawed system” or the unions are going to put Democrats back in control. Um?  Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/#40363218 Roger Hodge, author of “Mendacity of Hope” and one of our daily clips readers, appeared on “The Last Word” on MSNBC last week and plugged the Fair Elections Now Act. Starts about 15 minutes in.  After Citizens United, political and legal strategies still evolving, by Anna Sale http://www.wnyc.org/articles/its-free-country/2010/nov/30/after-citizens-united/ The NYT’s Michael Luo, Howard Dean, and NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio spoke Tuesday about the impact of Citizens United. Congress Senate rejects earmark moratorium, by Felicia Sonmez http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/11/senate-rejects-earmark-morator.html Finally some bipartisanship in the Senate – by a vote of 39-56, the Senate failed to pass a moratorium on earmarks.  League of lobbyists unveils its new PR blitz, by Kate Ackley http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_52/-201007-1.html The American League of Lobbyists has unveiled their first ever public relations offensive, in an effort to “dispel what it considers misconceptions about the profession.” Their new video is here.  Partisan K Streeters scramble after party shift, by Bennett Roth http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_52/-201011-1.html Republican lobbyists will see an upswing in profits next year, Democrats may need to tighten their belts.  2 House ethics attorneys suspended, by John Bresnahan http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45777.html This Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) ethics trial just keeps getting messier. Two lawyers on the committee have been put on “indefinite paid administrative leave” for missteps in the investigation.  DeLay trial offers a window into Washington fundraising and influence-peddling, by R. Jeffrey Smith http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113004899.html An interesting analysis of the DeLay trial and its results--”a debate over whether the jury was mostly repudiating DeLay's own actions or sending a message to Washington from the rest of America, amid tea party pique, that the time may be at hand to change its ways.” And the understatement of the week from lobbyist John Feehery, “There is a disconnect between how Washington operates and how people think it should operate."  Sen. Murray to head DSCC, by Janet Hook http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_52/-201005-1.html Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) will head the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee heading into 2012.  Other Citizens United president enjoys “bitching and moaning” over Supreme Court case http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/citizens_united_president_enjoys_bitching_and_moan.php And Citizens United President David Bossie speaks out about a lot of things—Citizens United decision, Obama, big money. Scary nugget? Citizens United will be releasing an animated movie for children on the Constitution and American history “as it should be taught.”