Americans of all political stripes should be outraged at the recent revelation that the Tea Party was unfairly targeted by the IRS before last year's election. But the lesson that the right is drawing from the IRS's misdeeds is wrong.

The shadowy super PACs and front groups that polluted the airwaves with political ads last year are already raising millions from corporations and billionaires to batter television viewers with a new wave of ads.

The Obama victory didn't signal the demise of big-money politics. It didn't spell the end of the super PAC, far from it. And the election wasn't a train wreck for political advertising -- even after groups paid billions for spots that supported losing candidate.

Getting down to the last few days of this here election, folks. Let's see, what do we have left before the big night? Oh, hey, here's a funny video...

Photo Credit: Youth Radio By: Luis Flores and Jenny Bolario Young people at Youth Radio watched a handful of campaign ads from the 2012 election se...

Mitt Romney must realize that he has lost the industrial Midwest because he's completely lost a grip on reality. He's decided to throw a Hail Mary pass that will cause his already-struggling campaign to implode in Ohio.

As the parties have grown closer together on the key political questions of the day, narrowing the spectrum of acceptable policy and agreeing on much of consequence (as we saw in the final debate), it is storytelling that has been elevated to the level of competition in the marketplace.

Washington watchdogs are appalled by the sea of money washing over the 2012 election. The rest of the nation is appalled by how that money is used -- mostly on tit-for-tat attack ads that pollute the airwaves and undermine any respect for the democratic process.

With political contributions at all-time highs campaigns have more money than ever to spend on advertising. Despite this, many are having a harder time than ever getting their message across. The reason? Voters have lost faith in the candidates.