In an effort to further outpace campaign finance disclosure rules, supporters of presidential candidate Rick Perry have formed a group which, under IRS rules, can accept unlimited contributions from secret donors.
It was in Iowa City that then-candidate Barack Obama first unveiled his health care reform plans, back in May 2007. Now, having signed a landmark reform bill, he’s back in Iowa City, still trying to persuade the public of the importance of reform. The Iowa Independent reports:
“After a
BOSTON — That, via Alex Isenstadt and Josh Kraushaar, is the number that defined the Massachusetts Senate race more than anything else. From the primary through last Sunday, Scott Brown held 66 events of varying size. Coakley held 19.
WORCESTER, Mass. – “By the way,” said Curt Schilling. “One more thing. I am not a Yankees fan.”
The overflowing crowd at Worcester’s Mechanics Hall on Sunday, expecting the joke, roared in approval. The former Red Sox pitcher, a hero to Massachusetts sports fans for driving the team to an More…
Jonathan Martin reports:
President Obama will campaign for Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley on Sunday, POLITICO has learned, a sign that Democrats are deeply worried about her prospects and the party’s 60-seat majority.
This New Orleans mayoral campaign ad, via Daily Kos, really is one of the more head-turning political TV spots of the cycle. (It gets a bit less interesting after the first 15 seconds.)
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — As I mentioned today in my story, some reporters have been frustrated by how calm, and downright shy, NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman can be in speeches and interviews. The best example of how the media here reacts to Hoffman came in the More…
In the final months of the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) campaign learned of a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania that asked the state to strip Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) of the Democratic nomination on suspicion that he was not an American citizen. The More…
The planned federal economic stimulus package will include billions of dollars for transportation and infrastructure programs, much of which will ultimately be doled out by state and local governments. The ongoing saga of disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich may be an object lesson on the potential pitfalls of that strategy. More…
Ben Smith at Politico takes us back to June 2008, when McCain campaign manager Rick Davis laid out an ambitious electoral strategy that included, among other things, a push to take such states as Connecticut.
For comparison, I dug up a presentation (PDF) by Obama campaign manager David More…
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