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House GOP holds forum today on ACORN

December 1st, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Interest groups, Republicans
The saga of the ACRON -- which we have been following here since Congress defunded them in September -- continues today, when the House Republicans hold a forum on the embattled community organizing group. Ranking member of the House Committee...


TV spot: Just say ‘No’ to Rush Limbaugh

February 27th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Economy, House, Interest groups, Obama administration, Republicans, Senate
Americans United for Change today went up with a TV ad that criticizes Republican leaders for taking a party position against the stimulus bill. But the villain in this ad isn't a member of Congress; it's Rush Limbaugh. The ad...

Special election in Ill. to replace Burris?

February 20th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Congressional elections, 2010, Democrats, Economy, Interest groups, Media, Republicans, Senate, What's new
Good morning. What to watch for today: An 11 a.m. press conference by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who Politico reports will discuss the possibility of a special election to replace Sen. Roland Burris. The Republicans have been pressuring Quinn and...

Deceased presidents more popular?

February 16th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in History, Interest groups, U.S. political history
A CQ MoneyLine analysis of the 2008 donations by lobbyists and special interests to presidential libraries found that the libraries of deceased presidents received almost 10 times more money than the libraries of living former presidents. CQ MoneyLine, a nonpartisan...

Ex-congressman joins lobbying shop

January 26th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Interest groups
From the more-things-change department: Former Rep. Bud Cramer, D-Ala., has joined Wexler and Walker Public Policy Associates as chairman, the firm announced today. Cramer is a co-founder of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate Democrats whose size has...

Independent group’s pro-Palin TV ad goes national

October 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Interest groups, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Our Country Deserves Better PAC, which says it has one objective -- "to defeat Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election" -- has gone national on some cable networks (including Fox News Channel) with this ad: It is unusual, to...

ACORN chronicles: McCain, Obama campaigns tussle over voter registration and fraud

October 14th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Election law, Interest groups, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans, Voters
For more than a week, top Republicans and John McCain's campaign have been accusing the liberal group ACORN -- of participating in widespread fraud. The group -- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now -- registers voters in low-income neighborhoods....

Family Research Council ad takes aim at Obama on abortion

October 14th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Abortion, Ads, Democrats, Interest groups, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
The conservative Family Research Council says it will spend $100,000 on an ad campaign in the key states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Michigan, and that the effort will include this TV spot: To see Obama talk about his thinking...

‘Gossip Girl’ stars have lead roles in anti-McCain ad

October 14th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Interest groups, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
MoveOn.org Political Action takes a satirical approach in its latest campaign-related TV ad -- a spot that features two stars of the CW network's Gossip Girl, and other actors, urging young people to "talk to your parents" about Republican presidential...

Independent groups aim ads at McCain on health care and GI benefits

October 8th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Health, Interest groups, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Health care and veterans' benefits are the topics of two new TV ads from interest groups that take some hard shots at Republican presidential nominee John McCain:
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