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Jason Linkins

The Final Week Of 2012 Political Advertising, And Its Effects

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.01.2012 | Politics

Yesterday, I found myself curious about what the world of political science had to say about the final week of the campaign and the last-minute advert...

Obama Campaign Hits Back At Romney Jeep Ad

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 10.29.2012 | Politics

As Mitt Romney's campaign faces criticism for airing a misleading ad about the auto industry, which suggests that Chrysler is moving production of Jee...

Lynne Peeples

'Toxic Spending': Chemical Industry Uses Wallet To Block Tighter Regulations

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.25.2012 | Green

In an effort to block a ballot measure in California that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods, shape a Senate race in Ohio with p...

Restore Our Future, Pro-Romney Super PAC, Launches $17.7 Million Ad Buy

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 10.23.2012 | Politics

Restore Our Future, the super PAC supporting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, released two new TV spots as part of a $17.7 million ad camp...

Campaigns Speciously Court Coal Country

Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 01.08.2013 | Green
Tom Zeller Jr.

It should come as no surprise that both President Barack Obama and the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, are eagerly positioning themselves as "friends of coal." But the truth is, neither man has a legitimate claim to the title.

Mitt Romney Releases New Ads In Ohio, Nevada, Targeting Obama's Economic Record

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 10.05.2012 | Politics

Mitt Romney's campaign released three new ads on Friday targeting President Barack Obama's economic record, two of the spots tailored to swing states ...

Campaign Cash? Local TV News Hits Mute Button

Michael Winship | Posted 12.02.2012 | Politics
Michael Winship

Even after Election Day has passed, pressure has to continue on Congress, the IRS, the FCC and the Federal Elections Commission -- despite its current, weakened and feckless status. Dark money has to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the light.

Why Obama Is Leading In Swing States

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 10.02.2012 | Politics

Across most of the presidential battleground states, particularly in the Midwest, President Obama’s lead rests on a surprisingly strong performance ...

Mitt Romney Pledges To Control Epidemic 'Wreaking Havoc' On Northern Virigina

The Huffington Post | Ian Gray | Posted 09.28.2012 | Politics

Mitt Romney's message to Virginia voters has been mostly centered around the slow economic recovery and proposed cuts to defense spending. This week, ...

Obama Admits Campaign Can Go 'Overboard'

Posted 09.24.2012 | Politics

In an unaired excerpt from an interview with "60 Minutes," President Obama stood by his campaign advertising, admitting that while some spots can "go ...

Priorities USA Action: Controversial Romney Ad Was 'Wildly Successful' In Sparking Debate

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 08.09.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action is standing by its controversial ad that draws a link between Mitt Romney and a woman's cancer...

Sabrina Siddiqui

Poll Attacking Romney Came From Pro-Romney Super PAC Pollster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 08.02.2012 | Politics

Since Mitt Romney’s campaign announced the presumptive Republican nominee’s opposition to extending a tax credit for wind energy producers, there...

Controversial Obama Campaign Ad Draws a Page From GOP Playbook

Jerry Lanson | Posted 07.03.2012 | Politics
Jerry Lanson

Sadly, wisdom and fairness are hardly central to contemporary American political campaigns. If they were, the far more scurrilous Swift-boating of John Kerry in 2004 would have resulted in George W. Bush's defeat.

Jon Ward

'Positive' Newt Gingrich Sounds Increasingly Angry

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.21.2011 | Politics

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich is staying positive. Really. The former House speaker from Georgia, who cannot compete with Mitt Romney's campaig...

GOP Hopeful Comes Out Against Candidate-Bashing

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 02.12.2012 | Politics

ATLANTA — Newt Gingrich is pledging to stay relentlessly positive in his quest for the White House. Except when he's not. Trying to make over h...

Senate Battlegrounds See New Round Of Negative Ads

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Signaling the next stage in the general election campaign, the Republican Party and outside groups are airing new rounds of adverti...

Truth in Campaign Advertising? (VIDEO)

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
John Wellington Ennis

Getting the candid thoughts of today's professional politician might be too much to stomach -- like this chat with Rep. Richard Martin (R) from Ohio's 19th District.

'Text FLUSH To Robin': Candidates Get Creative To Build Text-Message Lists

AP | DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A sign near the toilet said: "Text FLUSH to Robin." Above the restroom sink was another suggestion: "Text WASH to Robin." ...

The Latest Political War: Over URLS

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Shira Lazar

A recent report from the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, or CADNA, a watchdog agency monitoring our online identities, found that only 32 perce...

Midterm Elections 2010: 5 Of The Harshest Negative Campaign Ads So Far (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Across the country, midterm election candidates are infusing the airwaves with negative ads at a rapid rate and the pace could lead the 2010 cycle to ...

Supreme Court Could Slash Campaign Finance Laws

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Possibly coming soon to your TV screen: election-season Super Bowl-style ads promoting congressional and presidential candidates, p...