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Paul Blumenthal

Candidates Sign 'People's Pledge' To Restrict Big Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 02.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The two Democratic candidates running to fill Secretary of State John Kerry's Senate seat have agreed to a "People's Pledge" to keep mon...

More Than 1 Million Ads Aired In 2012 Campaign: Report

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 11.02.2012 | Politics

If you feel like you're seeing a lot of political ads this time around, you're right. Mitt Romney, Barack Obama and the groups that support them have ...

For Voters, Tearing And Tossing Becomes Routine

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 12.24.2012 | Politics

MANITOWOC, Wis. — Around lunchtime each day, the latest missives promoting or pillorying Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican nomine...

Politicians, Outside Groups Have Questionable Interactions

Politico | Posted 08.23.2012 | Politics

On a steamy mid-July day on Capitol Hill, top lieutenants to Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy had a special guest at their weekly vote-counting meeting: K...

Citizens United Revisited? Buckle Up, Chief Justice Roberts

Josh Silver | Posted 04.18.2012 | Politics
Josh Silver

If our current campaign finance system isn't corrupt, what is? A handful of billionaires can decide who the next president will be. If our Supreme Court doesn't find that corrupt, then they are using a very different dictionary than the rest of America.

Amanda Terkel

BIG MONEY, BIG MONEY: Unprecedented Outside Spending Boosted Candidates To Victory

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Tuesday's election will be remembered not only for the historic losses by the Democratic Party in the House, but also the unprecedented ...

Sam Stein

$200 Million GOP Campaign Avalanche Planned, Democrats Stunned

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Over the past few weeks, top Democratic Party strategists have been passed a chart by a concerned, well-respected operative underscoring the daunting ...

Look to the Future, Not the Past - One Lesson for 2010

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Danny Schechter

THE DECADE IS STILL WITH US: LOOK TO THE FUTURE, NOT THE PAST; AS 2010 BIDS ADIEU, OUR CHALLENGE IS LIES AHEAD NOT BEHIND Forget The End Of A Decade...

Sam Stein

Obama Signal To Dem 'Cavalry' May Be Too Late

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The Obama campaign is changing its approach on the role Democratic outside groups play in the presidential campaign, softening its quiet but firm oppo...

Sam Stein

Freedom's Watch Opponents Get Organized

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is set to launch a website Thursday that will serve as a preemptive attack outlet against the right-wi...

Outside Groups Spend $250,000 This Week Hillary In Potomac Primaries

Washington Post's The Trail | Mattew Mosk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Outside players, especially labor unions looking to help Sen. Hillary Clinton, poured more money into the presidential contest this past week. The in...