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Ron Paul raises more than $1 million around GOP presidential debate

By | 05.06.11 | 12:38 pm

The big winner Thursday night might have been U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Clute) — but not because of anything he said or didn’t say during Fox News’ GOP presidential debate in South Carolina. Paul’s committee made hay while the TV camera lights shone, raising more than $1 million in More…

Is SCOTUS Poised to Allow Unlimited Corporate Campaign Spending?

By | 06.30.09 | 10:36 am

That’s what Rick Hasen, the uber-election lawyer and blogger is predicting.

Instead of ruling on Citizens United v. FEC, a case that questions the legitimacy of corporate funding that supported an anti-Hillary Rodham Clinton documentary released just before the 2008 primaries, the court on Monday ordered reargument More…

Is Sotomayor Just a Bone Tossed to Hispanics?

By | 05.27.09 | 10:11 am

If you thought President Obama’s pick of Sonia Sotomayor was a good sign for Latinos, think again — the latest buzz is that Obama picked Sotomayor as a consolation prize for all his Hispanic supporters clamoring for comprehensive immigration reform, which so far he’s not doing much about.

So writes More…

Leave Liz Cheney Alone!

By | 01.29.09 | 4:46 pm

This is a Slate piece about Liz Cheney — daughter of Dick and a former State Department official — and what her senior undergraduate thesis on executive power from Colorado College tells us about the Bush presidency. As far as I can tell, it is entirely sincere. This is not More…