Is Obama a Sleaze?

Michael Wolff, 10.27.2009

Author of Newser.com's Off the Grid column

So it turns out there's a reason the president hasn't wrapped up health care or Iraq, figured out Afghanistan, closed Guantanamo, or found anybody a j...

Obama's Online Health Care Drive: Epic Fail?

Ari Melber, 06.12.2009

Correspondent for The Nation, Politico contributor, www.arimelber.com

It is early, but so far, OFA's legislative "organizing" efforts run the risk of being boring, vague and redundant.

Obama Supporters Engage In 50 State Post-Election Advocacy

Ruby Reid, 05.02.2009

Post-election legislative advocacy and activism by volunteers organized during an election campaign is unprecedented, especially on a national scale.

Obama's Lesson on Campaign Finance

Jim Jaffe, 02.22.2009

Washington observer

If you don't have enough friends to donate their time or money to help elect you, it is extremely unlikely that you'll later have enough friends to vote you into office.

The Obama Money Machine

Daniel Lubetzky, 02.19.2009

I am so enormously turned off by all the emails I keep getting from the Obama "campaign" asking me for more money! What are they going to do with this money?

The Wealthy Share Experiences with the Unemployed

Christopher Brauchli, 01.18.2009

Columnist and lawyer

Thousands of extremely wealthy individuals have now learned that their wealth has been taken from them by a man who led them to believe for years.. that their fortunes were safe if entrusted to him.

Buy Me A Drink? I'll Take A Charitini

Rachel Sklar, 01.08.2009

Mediaite.com

Tonight, I've planned a birthday party with a twist: Instead of plying me with drinks 'til I'm wobbly, I've invited friends and colleagues to donate the equivalent sum to some of my favorite charities.

Sarah Palin: the All-in-One Reality TV Show

Monroe Price, 01.07.2009

Palin is one-person reiteration of everything from "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" (early round dismissal?) up through and including "Survivor."

I Did the Research: Billy Ayers Is an Irrelevant Show-Off

Susan Braudy, 11.10.2008

Why am I not surprised that Ayers, master of publicity is once more making front page headlines. I'm betting he's thrilled.

OJ: You're Finally Juiced

Lea Lane, 11.08.2008

Author, six books; editor, sololady.com

I was in a hotel room breaking up with the man I'd been living with for five years when that white Bronco came on the TV. We stopped breaking up and stayed together through most of the trial.

The Great Schlep: Jewish Grandkids Flying to Florida to Talk Their Bubbes into Voting for Obama

Lily Koppel, 10.27.2008

"In The Great Schlep, Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and swing the crucial Florida vote."

Berkeley

Alison Teal, 10.27.2008

"Truth. It will set you free. But first it will piss you off." Bumper strip in Berkeley. We've been in Oakland and Berkeley for a series of fundr...

The Obama Money Situation

Rick Hasen, 10.10.2008

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.

Finding the Toilet in Stockholm

John Sauer, 09.27.2008

Last week a mix of water and sanitation experts gathered for World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden to mull over the world's biggest public health crisis. The problem is that not enough people paid attention.

Raising Money Where Your Belief Is

Grande Lum, 09.13.2008

Grande is a Hastings law school professor specializing in ADR and founder of Accordence

There are many people like me who do are not experienced at raising campaign funds, but who are doing so for the first time, because of a newfound belief in politics, Obama and the urgency of the situation.

Notes from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Weenie Nation

Jeffrey Jena, 07.04.2008

Here is my advice for this and every other boy who feels bullied for being excluded on the playground: Grow a set, toughen up, work on your game or learn to play clarinet and be ready for band camp in high school.

Obama's Non-Promise Not Broken

John K. Wilson, 07.02.2008

It was McCain who never tried to meet Obama on campaign finance. As the story has unfolded, the press consistently fails to mention that McCain, not Obama, violated the campaign finance laws.

Obama Brand: Truth or Consequences

Matthew Dowd, 07.01.2008

Obama's brand involves a new kind of politics, something that doesn't involve political expediency -- which is why it was a blunder to flip flop on public campaign finance for the general election.

Obama, Money, and a Campaign Finance Proposal

Bob Ostertag, 06.28.2008

Composer, historian, journalist, and Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music at UC Davis

Obama is raising more money via the Internet in small donations than any candidate in history. Hooray! But it is just as true that he is raising more money from fat cat donations than any candidate in history.

Obama Opting Out of Public Financing

Daniel Nichanian, 06.27.2008

With this bold move, Obama is going straight past McCain to the source of real GOP election funding, the RNC, which will be spending massively to defeat the Democratic nominee in the fall.

An Idea for Obama's Public Financing Quandry

Trey Ellis, 04.18.2008

Novelist, Screenwriter, and Assistant Professor at Columbia University

If Obama limits himself to not accepting more than $100 from any individual for the general election he could credibly claim a parallel public financing system.