“We need a system that’s one person, one vote, not one dollar, one vote," Dan Cantor told Bill Moyers in the latest episode of Moyers & Company on money in politics and the campaign to pass Fair Elections in New York. Check it out.

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Upworthy: Watch a real person correct an elected official on how democracy should function
Upworthy picks up a PCAF blog post with video from Rep. Sean Maloney taking on his opponent, former Rep. Nan Hayworth, on the issue of money-in-politics.

Sunlight: Obama versus campaign finance laws
Sunlight's John Wonderlich takes on Obama and money in politics: "There's a certain conventional wisdom that President Obama wants stronger campaign finance laws, and to protect our democracy from the corrupting effects of money in politics. It's a story that you should no longer believe." Common Cause's Bob Edgar has something similar.

Charleston Gazette: Buying elections
Editorial: "Revising the Constitution requires a difficult, lengthy struggle. We don't know whether there's any realistic chance of success. But we don't know any other way to curb the corrupting flood of cash that taints American elections."

Roll Call: Obama voting initiative greeted with skepticism
"President Barack Obama’s State of the Union pledge to create a nonpartisan commission to 'improve the voting experience in America' has triggered reactions from the election-overhaul community that range from guarded optimism to overt disappointment."

Patch: Public forum discusses campaign finance reform
A great event in Nyack on the need to pass Fair Elections in New York. LTE in Albany.

Congress/Administration
The Hill: Watchdog groups warn of fundraising scandal in second term
"Government watchdog groups once allied with President Obama warn he could become embroiled in a second-term scandal because of ties to a group set up to collect unlimited donations."

Public Campaign: Mitch McConnell blocks Wall Street watchdog after taking millions in industry cash
We look at McConnell's Wall Street ties.

Politico: Data mining is new lobbying gold
"The same social data-mining ability and concept — that voters are more likely to consider new ideas from people they know and trust — that helped power President Barack Obama’s unprecedented field operation is coming to K Street."

Roll Call: Lobbyists use campaign-style opposition research to turn tables on rivals
Opposition research on K Street. One lobbyist: "Digging in trash cans, we don’t do that. We’ve taken some of the principles on the research side that we have traditionally applied to political campaigns and made them available to the government relations industry.”

Buzzfeed: Cory Booker heads to Palm Beach for fundraiser
"Newark mayor Cory Booker will hold a fundraiser in support of his run for U.S. Senate next month in Palm Beach, Fla., BuzzFeed has learned."

HuffPost: Jesse Jackson, Jr. charged
"Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been charged with counts of conspiracy, making false statements, mail fraud and wire fraud in relation to a scheme to use campaign funds for personal expenses..."

WaPo: Congressional staffers often travel on tabs of foreign governments
"More and more foreign governments are sponsoring such excursions for lawmakers and their staffs, though an overhaul of ethics rules adopted by Congress five years ago banned them from going on most other types of free trips."

Politico: Newt-less, super PAC is back
"The super PAC that raised more than $24 million to power Newt Gingrich into the White House is re-branding itself as a booster of the conservative ground game and possibly 2014 GOP Senate candidates."

AP: Markey, Lynch rely heavily on PAC money
"But Markey and Lynch, who are vying for the Democratic nomination in the special election for the U.S. Senate, also relied heavily on the deep pockets of political action committees to help fill their campaign coffers."

National Review: Libertarian super PAC encourages Amash Senate run, pledges ‘six to seven figures’
Michigan Senate: "Liberty for All, a libertarian super PAC, says it’ll put 'six to seven figures' behind Justin Amash, should he run for Senate next year."

Chicago Tribune: NYC mayor's super PAC endorses Robin Kelly for Jackson's seat
"New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's super political action committee on Friday endorsed former state Rep. Robin Kelly of Matteson in the special Democratic primary that is likely to decide the successor to former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr." And Bloomberg's super PAC came up in a debate. HuffPost.

The Hill: DCCC outraises NRCC in January by $1.7 million
"The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) outraised its Republican counterpart in the month of January by nearly $1.7 million, and has nearly $2 million more cash on hand than the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)." Roll Call.

AP: Iowa governor blasts Rove super PAC as meddling
Gov. Branstad: "I basically told Karl Rove that what he was doing is counter-productive and he needs to stay out of it."

Buzzfeed: Marco Rubio has sold more than 3100 water bottles raising $100,000
Waterbottlegate: "The Florida Senator has now capitalized on the moment to raise more than $100,000 for his Reclaim America political action committee by selling branded water bottles."

Gannett: $128 million spent on House races in New York
NY: "Statewide, candidates and outside groups combined to spend more than $128 million on 27 races for the House, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission."

Other/States
Progress Missouri: Missouri legislators conspire with national agents to plot anti-worker attacks
At a meeting between national groups and Missouri lawmakers, the national folks said they'd give--or take away--national donor support depending on whether they'd push right to work for less laws.

Billings Gazette: Bullock, GOP Senator roll out bill to stamp out campaign "dark money"
"Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, and a Republican state senator joined forces Thursday behind a bill they said will force backers of anonymous political attacks in Montana to disclose their donors."

Journal Star: Senators want to stop lobbyist contributiuons during session
"Lincoln Sen. Bill Avery thinks it's time for Nebraska to join the 28 other states that prohibit lobbyists from making campaign donations to lawmakers while the Legislature is in session."

Capitol Journal: Lobbyists vouch for bill to increase spending limits
"Several lobbyists testified Monday for a bill that would increase the amount they can spend on legislators and candidates without providing itemized reports."

La Crosse Tribune: Lobbyist explains who calls the shots
Editorial on that Wisconsin NRA lobbyist talking about the "Connecticut effect" in regards to Newtown and passing laws. "But in speaking one truth, Welch let another slip — that lobbyists and their money dictate which legislation does and doesn’t move in Madison. Thanks, Bob Welch, for clarifying who calls the shots in Madison."

Orlando Sentinel: Lobbyists paid $212 million last year to lobby Florida government
"Telecom companies, Malaysian casino-builder Genting, sugar concerns, and an Internet sweepstakes cafe company led the crop of corporations and interests that poured $212 million into lobbying Florida government last year, new reports show."

LAT: Major GOP donor helping LA mayoral candidate Kevin James
Harol Simmons is handing out cash in the LA Mayor's race.