Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Sunlight Foundation: Money, Transparency and Policy Since Citizens United v. FEC
A very cool interactive timeline of major money-in-politics milestones since the January, 2010 Citizens United decision.

Congress/2012
Bloomberg: Obama Fails to Deliver Transparency as Cabinet Defies Requests
“I’m concerned about the overall transparency arc for Obama’s second term,” said John Wonderlich, policy director at Washington-based open-government group the Sunlight Foundation. “Has he given up on that mantle of being the transparency reformer?” Also check out the cool accompanying infographic.
 
WaPo: After Newtown, beating the NRA at its own game
Ruth Marcus: “So let money counter money. Use the forces unleashed by Citizens United for good instead of for evil, a super-size super PAC to thwart the NRA. Call it Sanity PAC.”
 
Sunlight Reporting Group: Five House members who got the most NRA money
“The five biggest House recipients of the NRA's largesse -- which our colleague Lee Drutman analyzes today -- are all veteran Republicans: Don Young of Alaska, Steve Chabot of Ohio, Pete Sessions of Texas, Bob Goodlatte of Virginia and Lee Terry of Nebraska.”

Sunlight Foundation: NRA’s allegiances reach deep into Congress
“Just over half (51 percent) of the members of the new Congress that convenes next month have received funding from the National Rifle Association’s political action committee at some point in their political careers, an analysis by the Sunlight Foundation finds. And 47 percent received money from the NRA in the most recent race in which they ran.”
 
OpenSecrets Blog: Soft Cash Changes Hands Between Crossroads GPS and the NRA
Some sleuthing by the Center for Responsive Politics finds a $600,000 contribution from one dark money group, Crossroads GPS, to another, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action.
 
NJ: McConnell Fundraisers Set Amid Cliff Talks
Today in the perpetual campaign. Hosts include Koch Industries PAC.

Other/States
Politico: Chris Christie aims to raise $2M by Dec. 31
A sign of fundraising prowess to come?
 
WaPo: There will be no campaign finance reform for Christmas
Sorry if that’s what was on your list. “So, at 7:26 p.m. Tuesday, Cheh introduced her bill only to swiftly (and “reluctantly“) withdraw it.”