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Romney's Michigan Backers Flood State Party List With Emails

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 02.28.2012

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NOVI, Mich. -- Mitt Romney's top Michigan backers have flooded the zone in the last 48 hours with emails to state Republicans, praising the former Mas...

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Jon Ward

Romney Blasts Santorum For Robocalls, Labels Him An 'Economic Lightweight'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 02.28.2012

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DETROIT -- In a sign of frustration that he is still competing with former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination,...

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FCC Cracks Down On Telemarketers

Reuters | Jasmin Melvin | Posted 04.16.2012

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By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telemarketers will have to get written consent before placing automated calls to consumers unde...

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The Anthem Robo Call: The First Place Health Care Needs Reforming

Don McNay | Posted 02.29.2012

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Don McNay

-I hope this letter finds it way to you. -R. Dean Taylor (Indiana Wants Me ) I had a health scare over the past several weeks, which included a co...

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GOP Candidate's Campaign Accused Of Illegal Activity

AP | By STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At least two New Hampshire Republicans are accusing Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign of making illegal political telephone calls. ...

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Michigan High Court Says Yes To Foreclosures

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 11.17.2011

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A ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday overturned an lower court's decision that suspended thousands of foreclosures in the state. The new d...

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Shocking Robocalls Reported In Special Election

Marion Patch | B.A. Morelli | Posted 01.08.2012

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A round of gay marriage-themed robo-calls that direct callers to ask one candidate "what gay sex acts she endorses" flooded into the Iowa District 18 ...

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Amanda Terkel

Election Day Shenanigans In Ohio Issue 2 Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Union officials in Ohio are questioning whether proponents of an anti-labor ballot initiative are trying to trick opponents of the measu...

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Michael McAuliff

Elixir For The Left: GOP Medicare Plans Unite Angry Democrats, Progressives

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Republican Party’s endorsement of sharply conservative prescriptions to fix ailing state and federal budgets is threatening to reu...

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Observations on Advertising, Polls and Opinions

Gary Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Stein

This election has brought me several epiphanies. Our phone has been ringing off the hook for days. The term is for these intrusions is robocalls. My ...

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Water or Gas? Karl Rove, Cheney, and Cohorts Weighing In On Key NY Race

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alison Rose Levy

We can't allow private industry to go unchecked for the sake of profits.

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Sam Stein

Volume Of Campaign Robocalls Disrupts Phone Service

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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As elections close, campaigns tend to spend their dwindling resources on the activities that reach the most voters for the least amount of money. More...

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"Hot in Kansas City" - And the Rest of Missouri

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, Betty White left a warm and positive phone message (listen here) with about a half million Missouri women voters in support of Prop B -- a diff...

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Dan Maes Says He's Still In Race Despite Robocalls

The Denver Post | Christopher N. Osher | Posted 05.25.2011

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The campaign for Republican Dan Maes said today that supporters are receiving false robocalls telling them Maes is exiting the gubernatorial campaign ...

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Massive Robocall Operation Shut Down By Chicago Federal Court

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Federal court judge in Chicago has pulled the plug on what the Federal Trade Commission is calling one of the nation's largest "robocalls" operation...

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Sarah Palin Records Robocalls For Nikki Haley

The Huffington Post | Jeremy Binckes | Posted 05.25.2011

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South Carolina gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Haley rolled out a new robocall message Thursday featuring Sarah Palin. Palin -- who endorsed Haley and a...

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Ex-GOP Official Admits Part In Robocall Scam

Aiken Standard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Almost a year after first being charged with setting up illegal, automated phone calls in an attempt to sway the outcome of an election, a former Aike...

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Arthur Delaney

McCain Robocalls Prompt Ethics Complaint

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) broke Senate rules when he recorded a robocall touting his amendment to the health care bill, according to a complaint file...

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Making Tea for 2010: Tea Partiers Fight For The Right to Robocall

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dawn Teo

Conservative operatives...want to change the way elections are fought nationwide in perhaps the most irksome way possible -- by strong-arming the FEC to throw out state-level restrictions on political robocalls.

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Robocalls Banned By Government? Not So Much

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's dinnertime, the phone rings and it might be someone important. Instead, you hear a recorded voice: "Congratulations! You've been pre-approved for...

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FTC To Ban Most Telemarketing "Robocalls'

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 05.25.2011

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Americans tired of having their dinners interrupted by phone calls touting car warranties or vacation packages will soon get some relief. The Federal...

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Sam Stein

He's Back! Giuliani Robocalls For N.Y. GOP Congressional Candidate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rudy Giuliani is not done with national politics quite yet. The former New York City mayor, whose presidential campaign flamed out under a disastrous ...

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Ad Tactics: New and Old Mix It Up in 2008, But What Did We Learn?

Neg Norton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neg Norton

The political campaigns did not shy away from the tried and true; the 30-second television ad, the direct mail flyer, yard signs, bumper stickers are alive and well.

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Sam Stein

Ken Blackwell, Robocalling For RNC Chair Post

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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RNC Chairman hopeful Ken Blackwell has apparently begun a robocall campaign to help persuade enough committee members to elect him to the top post. I...

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Jason Linkins

Top Ten Robo-Calls Of The Election Year Revealed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shaun Dakin, CEO and founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry battled the bots all year long, serving as a champion to everyone who prefers their telephones free of pollutants. So we're happy to defer to his judgment as to the Top 10 Political Robocalls of 2008.

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