Posts Tagged campaign finance

By Lori Adelman • 11 years ago

Rich white dudes will spend a billion dollars in upcoming elections, still ‘meh’ about equal pay for women

News reports from Politico and others show that a cast of conspicuously color-coordinated (read: white) conservative characters including the likes of Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers are pledging a billion dollar shadow campaign to defeat the President. That’s billion with a b!!!

The $1 billion in outside money is in addition to the traditional party apparatus – the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee – which together intend to raise at least $800 million. Which means that Steve Benen was right when he said that Obama would be facing “a far-right wall of at least $1.8 billion between now and Election Day. To say this is without precedent in a major democracy is a dramatic understatement.”

In the ...

News reports from Politico and others show that a cast of conspicuously color-coordinated (read: white) conservative characters including the likes of Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers are pledging a billion dollar shadow campaign to defeat ...
By Maya Dusenbery • 12 years ago

Faux-serious political ads: Serial killer Mitt vs. Aborted fetal parts

The 2012 election may end up being known as the one with all the not-quite-serious political ads.

Yesterday, the “Definitely Not Coordinated With Stephen Colbert Super PAC” released this attack ad on Mitt Romney. Colbert, who formed the actual PAC last spring, passed control of it on to Jon Stewart last week so that he can consider a run for President of the United States of North Carolina. (Yes, please.)

In perfect Colbert fashion, the stunt is totally absurd, while also making a serious point about the campaign finance loopholes that allow unlimited spending by super PACs as long as they are ostensibly independent from the candidate. And any chance to remind voters that Romney thinks corporations are people ...

The 2012 election may end up being known as the one with all the not-quite-serious political ads.

Yesterday, the “Definitely Not Coordinated With Stephen Colbert Super PAC” released this attack ad on Mitt Romney. Colbert, who formed ...