Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Assaults on workers and voting rights: an organized attack to shift political power  
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart and Demos’ Tova Wang write that the assault on voting rights, union rights, and campaign finance system are a concerted effort to shift political power.
- Also picked up in Louisville: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110510/OPINION04/305100017/Nick-Nyhart-Tova-Wang-Assaults-workers-an-organized-attack-shift-political-power

Full disclosure: the dramatic turn away from campaign transparency
Good piece from Norm Ornstein: "Yet, since the Citizens United decision, the once-unifying disclosure issue has degenerated into another divisive set of battles, as long-time conservative proponents of disclosure have changed their positions so dramatically they could be treated for whiplash."

Obama's Nixonian enemies list on steroids
Wow, we're using "Nixonian enemies list" to talk about disclosure these days?
- I think Public Citizen President Robert Weissman gets the headline right here: "US Chamber freaks out over modest proposal..." http://www.alternet.org/news/150887/us_chamber_freaks_out_over_modest_obama_proposal_that_would_require_gov%27t_contractors_to_disclose_campaign_spending
- More from ABC: http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/05/would-campaign-finance-disclosure-create-spoils-system.html

GOP signals subpoena for WH
Looks like Rep. Issa (R-Calif.) and Rep. Graves (R-Mo.) may subpoena OMB director Jack Lew to testify at their show hearing on the draft executive order.

Congress/2012
Fixing Congress
Do read this piece from Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) on how to fix Congress.
- Norm Ornstein responds: http://www.bostonreview.net/BR36.3/ndf_norman_ornstein_fixing_congress.php
- A few more responses should be live in a few days.

Background Memo: Boehner and Cantor go to Wall Street
With Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Wall Street this week, we put together this backgrounder yesterday on their Wall Street money.

2012 battlefield: the Supreme Court
Battles over Supreme Court recusals show no sign of abating: "It means that both sides are determined to make the Supreme Court and its decisions a major political issue headed into the 2012 election."

Newt Gingrich will announce presidential decision Wednesday
Newt will announce his decision on whether to run in 2012 tomorrow.

Telecom deal scrambles Hill reactions
Lots of unexpected reactions on Capitol Hill to the AT&T/T-Mobile deal.

Will GOP rue embrace of big oil?
The pollsters at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, Andrew Baumann and Drew Lieberman, say Republicans will regret their embrace of Big Oil.

Financial disclosure reports show 25% error rate
"Members of Congress are required to disclose their personal finances by the beginning of next week, but if past efforts are any indicator, about a quarter of lawmakers will probably file inaccurate disclosure forms."

Other
Judge tosses Koch suit against pranksters
"A federal judge in Utah on Monday tossed Koch Industries’s lawsuit against the pranksters who set up a fake website and sent out a bogus press release saying the company had found religion on climate change."

Repeal of campaign finance law rejected after compromise
Hey, look, Nebraska kept its partial public financing system in place!

Legal threat prompts Snyder recall group to find new name
A group in Michigan trying to recall Gov. Snyder, Michigan Citizens United, was forced to change its name after a legal challenge brought by Citizens United.