Democrats have been outspent 7:1 recently: The $80 million spent so far by groups outside the Democratic and Republican parties dwarfs the $16 million spent at this point for the 2006 midterms. In that election, the vast majority of money – more than 90 percent – was disclosed along with donors’ identities. This year, that …
C.R.E.A.M.
Murdoch’s millions
This is something I have been wondering about too: Ben Smith reports that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, after having donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association, has also donated to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a pro-Republican business lobby. This makes zero sense to me. The value of News Corp to the Republican party …
Looking the Wrong Way
When we were all getting worked up over whether the House and Senate would take up tax breaks for those making more than $250K and turn it into a great populist issue for the election, why wasn’t anyone talking about the carried interest exemption for hedge fund managers? But then they went a step further …
ActBlue Reminder
There’s a link to Balloon Juice’s very own ActBlue page over there on the right-hand column —->, and we’re making good progress towards what Cole labelled “a very ambitious goal”. As a jumpstart, here’s an ad from one of the candidates we’re targetting, Scott McAdams: __ __ __ __ Thanks to commentor Linda Featheringill for …
Cover of the Rolling Stone
Let’s everybody go buy at least one copy of the October 15 issue of Rolling Stone, and see if we can stealth-seed them into the waiting rooms at the dentist, Jiffy-Lube, Gymboree, the break room at the office, and wherever “low information” voters might be in need of an easily palatable update on How The …
It’s Money – Nothing More, Nothing Less
Henry Waxman, of all people, serves up another reminder that corporations run DC by adopting the Google/Verizon net neutrality plan as his own: How did we get from FCC Chair Julius Genachowski’s proposals for clear net neutrality enforcement and ISP transparency rules based on limited common carrier provisions to this? First, factor in massive pushback, lawsuit threatening, and …
Next Step in HCR (Just Maybe)
The Boston Globe reports that Massachusetts “… Officials draft plans for new system to compensate doctors, hospitals“: Governor Deval Patrick’s administration is reviving the state’s ambitious plan to change how doctors and hospitals are paid, aiming to hand the Legislature a specific proposal by Jan. 1 and end months of disagreement over how to control …