Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., became the most powerful woman in American history when she was sworn in as Speaker of the House in 2007. She lost that p...
The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.13.2012
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey's (D-Neb.) campaign announced Friday that he raised more than $900,000 since entering the race on Feb. 29. to fill the seat of ...
Beth Broderick | Posted 04.03.2012
We must look at new ways to build coalitions that can promote big D democratic values. We need to get past our myopic obsession with "likely voters" and start reaching out to the constituencies that vote occasionally or are registered, but do not participate.
The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.31.2012
Rand Paul compared the "old guard" Republican establishment to "sharks smelling blood in the water" who "can’t wait to close in for the kill." Pa...
The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.20.2012
WASHINGTON -- Apparently there's an app for getting money into politics, as well. Senate Democrats have turned to a new Intuit program called GoPay...
Posted 03.16.2012
CBS News conducted an undercover camera investigation at a recent GOP fundraiser for freshmen congressmen at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Fla., o...
Benjamin Hart | Posted 03.13.2012
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll found that super PACs, the political organizations that allow donors to contribute unlimited amounts of money in s...
The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 02.29.2012
President Barack Obama is receiving large political contributions from a formerly underdeveloped source of campaign funds: The National Basketball Ass...
Robert Reich | Posted 04.23.2012
Whoever emerges as the GOP standard-bearer will be deeply indebted to a handful of people, each of whom will expect a good return on their investment. And this is just the beginning. We haven't even come to the general election.
HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 02.22.2012
Reports about January's fundraising numbers, released on February 20, have focused on two narratives: Mitt Romney's limited fundraising and high burn ...
AP | JACK GILLUM | Posted 04.21.2012
WASHINGTON — A pair of "super" political action committees supporting top Republican presidential candidates spent nearly $24 million in January...
Posted 03.27.2012
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is looking into using leftover cash from his failed Republican presidential campaign to create a PAC or super PAC. In a Monda...
AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 04.14.2012
WASHINGTON — Despite criticism of Fannie Mae by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, his campaign accepted nearly $280,000 in donation...
The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 02.07.2012
Hours after President Barack Obama's campaign decided to soften its stance toward super PACs, House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) slammed the ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 01.19.2012
President Barack Obama tonight will go where no sitting president has ever gone before: the landmark Apollo Theater in Harlem. Obama will join the ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.11.2012
WASHINGTON -- It's looking like former consumer advocate and Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has the golden touch when it comes to fun...
The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.11.2012
Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) campaign raised an impressive $3.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, bringing his total cash on hand to $12.8 millio...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.05.2012
The close second-place Iowa finish has given Rick Santorum's candidacy new life, but he is now playing catch-up with the new top tier. And he has a lot of catching up to do.
The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 12.20.2011
"Know what makes Barack Obama happy? Newt Gingrich's baggage." That's the claim put forth in a Tuesday ad released by Restore Our Future. The super...
Posted 12.01.2011
Occupy Wall Street may no longer have a home in Zuccotti Park -- but that doesn't mean they're done protesting around New York. A few hundred demon...
HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.10.2012
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has created a federal political action committee seeking to support Republican congressional candidates in the 2012 electi...
The Huffington Post | Jordan Howard | Posted 01.08.2012
People with a median wealth of at least $7.5 million are far more likely to have contacted their member of Congress than the average person, a new stu...
The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.31.2011
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) wrote in a thank you letter to his campaign contributors that he was thinking of new ways to thank them, including "textin...
The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.27.2011
President Barack Obama has raised more money from the health care industry than Republican candidates, according to an analysis conducted by the Cente...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.18.2011
WASHINGTON -- Some of Hillary Clinton's most ardent supporters just are not willing to let go -- and they've mounted a push to get her into next year'...
ABC/Yahoo! News | Posted 05.15.2012