Outside Groups

Citizens United Revisited? Buckle Up, Chief Justice Roberts

Josh Silver | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Montana, Citizens United, Chief Justice John Roberts, Campaign Finance Reform, Super PACs, Supreme Court Citizens United, Outside Groups, Outside Groups Spending, Politics News
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.

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Amanda Terkel

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outside Groups, 501c4, Independent Expenditures, Campaign Finance Reform, Campaign Finance, Public Citizen, Elections 2010, Politics News

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

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Sam Stein

$200 Million GOP Campaign Avalanche Planned, Democrats Stunned

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republicans 200 Million, Republican Interest Groups, 2010 Elections, Aflcio, Seiu, Democrats 200 Million, 200 Million Campaign, Democrats Chart, Labor 200 Million, Chamber of Commerce Campaign, Outside Groups, Campaign Expenditures, Labor Unions 200 Million, Chart Campaign, 2010 Elections Congress, Elections 2010, Politics News

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

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

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, Outside Groups, Decade, 2010, Media, Strategy, Progressives, Politics News
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...

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Sam Stein

Obama Signal To Dem 'Cavalry' May Be Too Late

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Sam Stein

Freedom's Watch Opponents Get Organized

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservative Groups, DCCC Freedom's Watch, Congressional Elections, Democrats Freedom's Watch, 527s, The Real Freedoms Watch, Dccc, Outside Groups, Fleischer, McCain Freedom's Watch, Freedom's Watch, Karl Rove, Sheldon Adelson, Politics News

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

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

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

Read More: Democratic Primary, Clinton Maryland, Clinton Virginia, Clinton, Outside Groups, Hillary Clinton, Planned Parenthood, Labor Unions, 2008 Election, Potomac Primaries, Politics News

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

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