Donors Unknown, Americans For Prosperity Targets Democrats for ‘Pork Barrel Spending’

The rhetoric on earmarks and “pork barrel spending“ keeps paying dividends for conservative advocacy groups looking to undermine House Democrats in swing districts. Today the beneficiary is the Americans For Prosperity Foundation, which says it’s “committed to educating citizens about economic policy and a return of the federal government to More…

Obama vs. Palin on Earmarks

There are a lot of different numbers being thrown around concerning Sen. Barack Obama’s earmark requests and those of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. So I thought it would be fun to try to sort this out.

At a rally in Ohio, Palin today repeated Sen. John McCain’s More…

Wasilla’s All-Purpose Lobbyist

The ties that bind Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP vice-presidential nominee, to her state’s infamous “Bridges to Nowhere” just keep getting tighter.

Steven W. Silver, a Washington lobbyist who began representing the small town of Wasilla during Palin’s tenure as mayor, is also lobbying for construction of a controversial More…