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Colorado Supreme Court To Hear Ethics Watch Case Against ‘Magic Words' 527s

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Ethics Watch, 527's, Colorado, Scott Gessler, 'Magic Words', Colorado Supreme Court, Campaign Finance, Denver News

The Colorado Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a Colorado Ethics Watch case against two 527 groups that the election watchdog group claims circumve...

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Colorado Senate Race Attracted $3.6 Million From Outside Groups In One Day

POLITICO | JONATHAN ALLEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: COlorado Elections, 2010, Colorado Senate Race, Ken Buck, Colorado, 527's, Michael Bennet, Independent Spending, Campaign Finance, Denver News

Outside groups spent $3.6 million to influence the Colorado Senate race -- and that was just last Tuesday alone. The flash of Colorado cash was par...

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Flow Of Outside Money Into Colo. Races DOUBLED Last Week

The Denver Post | Allison Sherry and Michael Booth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado, 527's, 2010, Sunlight Foundation, Outside Money, Colorado Politics, Denver News

Outside political money being spent in Colorado more than doubled last week to over $23 million, dropping even the most cynical jaws and boosting call...

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Republican Allies Make Colorado A Top Target

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Crossroads, Ken Buck, Independent Political Groups, Colorado, 527's, Colorado Republicans, Michael Bennet, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, Sunlight Foudations, Crossroads GPS, Denver News

DENVER — Watching an "Oprah" show about holiday craft tips? The commercial break includes a piece starring a sickly man in a hospital bed with d...

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New Group Pressures Companies To 'Promise' They Won't Spend On Campaigns

The Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Corporations, 2010 Elections, Caps, 527s, Corporate Personhood, Political Donations, Bill De Blasio, Coatlition for Accountability in Political Spending, Democrats, Republicans, Elections 2010, Politics News

The Coalition for Accountability in Political Spending, spearheaded by New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (D), aims to secure promises from ...

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GOP: House Majority Uncertain

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Citizens United, Senate, Midterm Elections, 2010 Elections, 527s, Nancy Pelosi, Campaign Finance, John Boehner, Gop, Democrats, Republicans, Elections 2010, Politics News

Republicans carry substantial advantages as they move into the final month of the fall campaign, but the resilience of vulnerable Democrats is complic...

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Shadow Republican Groups Funded By Unknown Donors Are Spending Millions On Election Ads

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Chamber of Commerce, 2010 Elections, 527s, Americans for Prosperity, Campaign Spending, Fec, Gop, Democrats, Tea Party, Republicans, Elections 2010, Home News

From Washington to Florida this election season, candidates risk being drowned out by a flood of advertising from a robust new network of little-known...

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Privatization of the "Democratic" Process, or Decision 2010?

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Privatization, Influence Peddling, Corruption, Midterms, Citizens United, 527s, Midterm Elections, Business News

Anyone who takes seriously the idea of taking the country back must start by rolling back the privatization of the political process.

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Are Colorado Republicans Breaking the Law?

Pat Waak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Colorado, 527s, Politics News

The rise of independent groups in this election cycle has been unprecedented. No controls exist on outside dollars spent, and accountability and trans...

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The One-Person Funded Super PAC: How Wealthy Donors Can Skirt Campaign Finance Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Elections, Super Pac, Citizens United, Concerned Taxpayers of America, Joe Ricketts, Speechnow v Fec, Independent Expenditures, 527s, Concerned Citizens for a Working America, Peter DeFazio, 527, Pete Defazio, 501c4, Campaign Finance Reform, Taxpayers Against Earmarks, Ending Spending Fund, Elections 2010, Politics News

With many outside political groups able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision, a ne...

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Lawbreakers In The 2010 Elections May Go Unpunished For Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

With an unprecedented amount of spending and a surge of new independent expenditure organizations thanks to the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling...

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Rahall Says Conservative Attack Ads In WV Are Coordinated

Heath Harrison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Ads, Elliott Spike Maynard, Nick Rahall, 527s, Eyes and Ears, eyesandears2010, Home News

U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall says two racially-tinged attack ads being run in his district by his GOP opponent and an outside group are a coordinated effort....

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That Was Then, This Is Now

Fred Wertheimer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaign Finance Reform, Disclosure, 527s, DISCLOSE Act, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Ten years ago, Senator Mitch McConnell was one of only six Republicans who voted against campaign finance disclosure requirements for 527 groups. This time around, he is one out of thirty-nine.

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Bill de Blasio, Citizens United Avenger, Asks Companies To Pledge Against Unbridled Campaign Spending

Mother Jones | Suzy Khimm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Goldman Sachs, 2010 Elections, New York City, 527s, Supreme Court, Target, DISCLOSE Act, JP Morgan, Political Donations, Bill De Blasio, Business, Wall Street, Campaign Finance Reform, Elections 2010, Politics News

The Supreme Court may have opened the floodgates for corporate campaign spending, but Bill de Blasio, New York City's public advocate, is doing his pa...

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'Super PACs' Multiply To Sway Election Off Of Citizens United Ruling

Bloomberg | Jonathan D. Salant and Kristin Jensen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Action Committees, Karl Rove, 527s, Campaign Finance, Citizens United, Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News

At least 25 "super PACS," including one linked to Karl Rove, are fueling a surge in money for this year's elections following the U.S. Supreme Court r...

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The Final Lesson of BP

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Financing, BP Oil Spill 2010, Corporate Personhood, Citizens United, Corporate Responsibility, BP Gulf Oil Spill, BP Stock, 527s, Business News

The will of the American people is being subordinated to the demands of giant money-making machines called global corporations that can now spend or threaten to spend unlimited amounts of money in support of any politician.

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GOP 527 Group, American Crossroads, Comes Up Short On Fundraising

Politico | Kenneth P. Vogel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pacs, Republican Pacs, Karl Rove, American Crossroads Pac, Karl Rove American Crossroads, 527s, 527, GOP Pacs, American Crossroads Fundraising, American Crossroads, Politics News

A new 527 group conceived by veteran GOP hands Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie and launched this year with predictions that it would raise $52 million to s...

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After Citizens United -- The Money is the Message

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholders, The Money Is the Message, Corporate Responsibility, 527s, Ceos, Tiger Woods, 527-Independent-Expenditure-Committees, New Media, Citizens United, Labor Unions, Politics News

Transparency will only follow from the Citizens United equation if we have netizens united to share information, track the money, connect the dots between special interests and policy, and enhance new media efforts in campaigns.

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Liberal Donors Threatened By Conservative Group

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pacs, 527s, Advocacy, Politics News

In a mirror-image of a threat from a liberal group to publicize and raise legal problems for conservative donors, a conservative group has mailed a wa...

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Is Team Obama Finally Ready to Fight?

John Neffinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lies, Rnc, 527s, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Campaign Ads, Drew Westen, Joseph Romm, Politics News

Will Team Obama find its groove and come out swinging? Will a progressive 527 appear with memorable ads to save the day? It's hard to know --but this ad is a start.

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The Obama Money Situation

Rick Hasen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Fundraising, Barack Obama 527, Public Funding, Public Financing, 527s, Barack Obama, Politics News

The race is indeed tightening, which explains why the Obama campaign wants a lot of money -- a little panic is probably a good thing from their perspective.

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Obama's Rope A Dope

Deannie Mills | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Ali, Senator McCain, Mohammed Ali Obama, Mccain, 527s, Fall Campaign, Mohammed Ali Rope a Dope, Rope a Dope Obama, Obama, Mohammed Ali, Obama War Chest, Barack Obama, John McCain, Home News

Obama has taken many body blows during this campaign, first from Hillary Clinton and now from John McCain. But now he's got a cash fortune and major grassroots support still building for the final rounds.

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Freedom's Watch Opponents Get Organized

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservative Groups, DCCC Freedom's Watch, Congressional Elections, Democrats Freedom's Watch, 527s, The Real Freedoms Watch, Dccc, Outside Groups, Fleischer, McCain Freedom's Watch, Freedom's Watch, Karl Rove, Sheldon Adelson, Politics News

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is set to launch a website Thursday that will serve as a preemptive attack outlet against the right-wi...

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Lack Of Money Hobbling GOP Attack Machine

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outside Attack Groups, GOP Attack Machine, Barack Obama, 527s, Republican Smear Campaign, Swiftboat, Politics News

Democrats and the media have used the term so much that it's almost an article of faith. But the so-called "Republican attack machine" waiting with pi...

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Fighting Fair

Rob Stafford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, Friedrich Nietzsche, 2008 Election, 527s, Politics News

Battle not with monsters, lest you become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. --Fredrich Nietzsche. Like man...

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