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Curse Of The Super PACs by The Guardian, The Guardian | February 8, 2012
Washington's Inside Game by Terrance Heath, OurFuture.org | February 7, 2012
The "People" Behind the Super-PAC Explosion by Gavin Aronsen and David Gilson, Mother Jones | February 7, 2012
The Citizens United Catastrophe by E.J. Dionne, truth-out.org | February 6, 2012
Is Money Speech? by Geoffrey Stone, Huffington Post | February 6, 2012
Citizens United: Uniting the One Percent by Terrance Heath, OurFuture.org | February 2, 2012
The Grim Future Of Campaign Finance by Justin Elliot, politics.salon.com | January 30, 2012
Secret Email System Revealed in "John Doe" Probe of Walker Staff by Mary Bottari, OurFuture.org | January 30, 2012
Fighting Back Against Corporate Personhood by Bill Moyers, truth-out.org | January 27, 2012
‘Licking Their Chops’ on K Street and Capitol Hill by Michael Winship, billmoyers.com | January 22, 2012
“Political Dispatch” podcast: 7/11- Robert Borosage
We are happy to bring you another edition of our “Political Dispatch” podcast series from PoliticalBuzz.com. “PD” is a weekly series bringing you insight and analysis from the best political journalists and strategists as well as exclusive interviews with top politicians and campaign staffers. This week we talked with… more »
The Return of Sanity
November 9th, 2011
The common thread in yesterday’s unbroken string of Democratic and progressive victories was the popular rejection of right-wing overreach. The series of elections held across the country yesterday weren’t supposed to yield a coherent narrative. Yet a common theme emerged: Radical-right Republicans hit a wall last night all over the country, even on a conservative social issue in what may be the most socially conservative state in the nation. So can Democrats take some hope from last night’s results? Provisionally; sort of. If Barack Obama can make next year’s election a choice between his ineffectual moderation and the Republicans’ wacked-out lunacy, the Democrats should do well. If next year’s election is a referendum on his stewardship of the economy the Democrats will likely get clobbered. It’s clear that Americans have had it with Republican extremism. Whether that will be a decisive issue in 2012 is not yet apparent.
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