Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Super pacs

  • The other day a reporter from Swedish Public Television contacted the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism regarding the role of super PACs in Wisconsins historic recall elections. How much money are we talking about? the reporter asked.
  • (Isthmus Daily Page)
  • The intensifying flood of uncapped donations to outside political groups is transforming not just campaigns but the entire business of politics.
  • (New York Times)
  • If you turn on your TV or flip on your radio before tomorrows election, it will be hard to miss the political advertisements paid for by the Super PACs pouring money into Texas US Senate Race.
  • (Burnt Orange Report)
  • Using unlimited donations and spending money on TV ads in races across the country, Super PACS played a prominent role in helping the Republicans win control of the House in 2010.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Karl Rove, former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush, serves as an adviser for the Republican-affiliated Super PAC American Crossroads.
  • (89.3 KPCC)
  • In late March, Stephen Colbert expanded his super PAC experiment, admonishing his late-night viewers to start organizations of their own on college campuses across America.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • (MSNBC) -- Using unlimited donations and spending money on TV ads in races across the country, Super PACS played a prominent role in helping the Republicans win control of the House in 2010.
  • (KCEN TV NBC 6)
  • Jonathan Alter was a senior editor, media critic and columnist for Newsweek, where he worked for 28 years and covered five administrations and seven presidential campaigns.
  • (Bloomberg)

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