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Oct29
Clips Round-up for 10/29/12
Stat of the day from Paul Blumenthal at HuffPo: "Sixty-seven percent of all super PAC donations have come from just 209 donors, or groups of related donors, giving $500,000 or more."
Stat #2 of the day from USA Today: "Five individuals and couples have cont
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Oct26
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Oct25
Clips Round-up for 10/25/12
Over at Roll Call, Janie Lorber has some details on the presidential campaigns fundraising by text message. "The fees — a percentage of the total amount raised via text — suggest that Obama outdid the former Massachusetts governor by a more than 500-to-1 ratio among texting donors."
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Oct23
Clips Round-up for 10/23/12
In their second debate, Mitt Romney hit President Obama for attending a fundraiser the day after the Benghazi attack. This time, it was President Obama's turn: "And when I went to Israel as a candidate, I didn’t take donors, I didn’t attend fundraisers, I went to Yad Vashem, the — the Holocaust museum there, to remind myself the — the nature of evil and why our bond with Israel will be unbreakable."
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Oct22
Clips Round-up for 10/22/12
Important New York Times story on efforts to push for Fair Elections in New York State: "With two weeks remaining before Election Day, advocates for creating a system of public financing for state elections are preparing to funnel at least $600,000 into two State Senate races in an effort to make money in politics a more prominent campaign issue." The Caravan of
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Oct18
Clips Round-up for 10/18/12
Are you somewhere in New York State? Then you should make sure to check out one of the stops on the Caravan of Corruption traveling through next week. "From Buffalo to Brooklyn, and everywhere in between, we’re taking our creepshow on the road to show what happens when we don’t hold greedy politicians accountable for their actions." You might even run into some Public Campaign staff!
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Public Campaign Action Fund's David Donnelly made a brief appearance on The Daily Show last night. Check it out!
Oct11