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Michigan Gets 'F' In Corruption

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Michigan Campaign Finance, Issue Ads, Corporate Spending, Ambassador Bridge, Michigan F Ranking, Citizens United, Michigan Corruptibility, Detroit Politics, Detroit News

From the cases of Kwame Kilpatrick to those of Monica Conyers and Robert Ficano, metro Detroit has not wanted for blockbuster political scandals over...

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How 'Issue Ads' Against Elizabeth Warren Keep Donors' Names Secret

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Super Pac, Elizabeth Warren, Karl Rove, 2012 Elections, Elections 2012, Non-Profits, Nonprofits, League of Conservation Voters, Citizens United, Crossroads GPS, Campaign Finance, Video, Issue Ads, American Action Network, American Crossroads, Massachusetts Senate Race, Americans United for Change, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- An ad released Dec. 8 by the conservative nonprofit Crossroads GPS, which is linked to Karl Rove, paints Democratic Senate candidate Eli...

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Warning: Political Ads Make You Stupid

Marty Kaplan | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: GOP Candidates 2012, Issue Ads, The One Percent, Tobacco Warning Labels, Gop 2012, Campaign Ads, Mitt Romney, Climate Change, Big Tobacco Ads, Election 2012, Campaign Finance, Politics News

It'd be a new day for democracy if political ads were required to include a disclaimer: "The scary music, Photoshopped pictures and misleading sound bites in this ad are tricks intended to manipulate you."

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Supreme Court Supports Disclosure Of Issue Ads

The Washington Post | T.W. Farnam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Issue Ads, Issue Ads Supreme Court, Supreme Court Campaign Finance, Campaign Finance, Politics News

A Supreme Court decision this year dramatically altered the regulation of money in politics, and a recent vote by the Federal Election Commission coul...

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Fox Refuses To Carry VoteVets Energy Independence Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Issue Ads, Fox News, Campaign Adwatch, Vote Vets, Votevets, Fox VoteVets, Fox News VoteVets, Eat the Press, Media News

Via Ben Smith, it seems that the internets are a-buzz today because of Fox News Channel's decision to not carry this ad from VoteVets, which "seeks to...

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Dueling Ads Released As Maine Gay Marriage Battle Draws To Conclusion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Issue Ads, Political Ads, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Eat the Press, Media News

Via Andrew Sullivan come a pair of political ads up in Maine, working both sides of the gay marriage issue as the state prepares to vote on "Question ...

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The Beginning Of The End For The Public Option

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Video, Issue Ads, Health Care Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Lobbyblog, Eat the Press, Politics News

Today, the Senate Finance Committee rebuffed two amendments to include the public option in its health care reform bill. The first amendment, offered ...

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"Dancing With The Czars": Dems Mock GOP, Glenn Beck Over Czar Obsession

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fearmongering, Bush Czars, Bob Bennett, Obama Czars, Barack Obama, Czars, Senate Czars, Video, White House Czars, Bennett Czars, Dnc, Campaign Ads, Issue Ads, DNC Ad, Czar Ad, Democrats Czar Ad, Obama's Cabinet, Eat the Press, Politics News

Over the past few days, I've written about the wildly outsized claims of czars in the Obama administration undermining the government. Republican Sena...

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RNC Targets Seniors With New Ad (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Issue Ads, Rnc, Campaign Ads, Michael Steele, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Eat the Press, Politics News

The Republican National Committee has a new ad up today, featuring chairman Michael Steele waxing sentimentally about seniors and Medicare and how it ...

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Health Care Industry Throws Away Money On "Pro-Reform" Ads (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Video, Issue Ads, Phrma, Campaign Ads, Eat the Press, Politics News

This past weekend, the New York Times's Katharine Seelye took stock of the advertising battle that's been raging over health care reform, to the tune ...

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NRSC Distorts Franken Video To Make New Senator Look Angry (VIDEO) [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Issue Ads, Campaign Ads, Al Franken, Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senate, Eat the Press, Politics News

[UPDATED, below.] The GOP is running this ad online, lamenting the fact that the Democrats now have the sixtieth Senate vote in the form of Al Franke...

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Democratic Opponents Of Public Option Called Out In Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Issue Ads, Public Option, Campaign Ads, Health Care Reform, Senate Democrats, Obama Public Option, Eat the Press, Politics News

So, the public option! The GOP hates it, based on some weird read of free-market philosophy that says even though it will be a terrible and inferior p...

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NOM's Latest Gay-Marriage Worry: Their Right To Deny Rights Might Be Denied

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Issue Ads, Gay Rights, Campaign Ads, National Organization for Marriage, Nom, Gay Marriage, Eat the Press, Media News

Hey, it's been a while since we've had one of those webvertisements from those panicky, anti-gay marriage, Cavity Creeps known as NOM, but here you go!

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Conservative Health Care Group Caught Fabricating Ad Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Health Care for America Now, Issue Ads, Health Care Reform, Comcast, Conservatives for Patients' Rights, Eat the Press, Politics News

As the fight over health care reform heats up, the teevee airwaves have become one of the battlegrounds. And the rivalry between pro-reform Health Ca...

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