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THE SECOND AMENDMENT - IS IT TIME?

elderblogger84 wrote 4 weeks ago: THE SECOND AMENDMENT – IS IT TIME? Other than the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution adopted i … more →

Tags: Slavery, Founders, oxymoron, citizens united, filibuster, Newtown, majority-rule, suffrage, term limitations

Election 2013: Off to The Races

nmcompass wrote 1 month ago: Photo Credit: Fadzly @ Shutterhack via Compfight cc By Sterling Fluharty —Volunteers are going door … more →

Tags: News, Politics, richard berry, Election 2013, Pete Dinelli, Margaret Aragon de Chavez, Paul Heh, Tito Madrid, Mayoral Race

The Race Against the Clock for Public Financing

nmcompass wrote 1 month ago: Photo Credit: jDevaun via Compfight cc By Sterling Fluharty — As Albuquerque mayoral candidate Pete … more →

Tags: News, Politics, City Council, Election 2013, Pete Dinelli, Margaret Aragon de Chavez, Paul Heh, Mayor Richard Berry

Newton Charged With Lying To Obtain Public Campaign Financing

WTIC News wrote 4 months ago: By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Former Bridgeport state Sen. Ernest E. Newto … more →

Tags: News, Politics, Crime, Local News, State Senate, newton, Citizens Election Program

The Grandmas get political

sara wrote 7 months ago: We used our lawn, not just our votes, as a platform for politics in the primary elections earlier th … more →

Tags: activities, Values, Politics, Bill Shein, climate change

Questioning the validity and merit of replicating a successful model in the context of public drug procurement in India1 comment

tatambhotla wrote 7 months ago: Most states are attempting to copy the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation’s model of cent … more →

Tags: India 2, Healthcare, Procurement, TNMSC, drug procurement, centralized, decentralized

Citizens United on the Corporate Court1 comment

citizensfortruth wrote 7 months ago: Jamie Raskin, a constitutional law professor, recently wrote a very interesting article on the Citiz … more →

Tags: citizens united, Speechnow.org, 501(c)4 groups, Super PAC, Supreme Court, Dark Money, Jamie Raskin, personhood, McCain-Feingold

Response to Project Vote Smart's "Political Courage Test"

jahvt wrote 8 months ago: Below are my answers to Project Vote Smart’s Political Courage Test, which should show up soon … more →

Tags: issues, Voting, election, Education, Healthcare, Abortion, sustainable small business, local agriculture, vote smart

Obama Wants Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling

Scotty Starnes wrote 8 months ago: Someone is worried about free speech, and other’s money that isn’t going to him. Obama, … more →

Tags: Political Issues, President Obama, Supreme Court, citizens united, Mitt Romney, Super PAC, constitutional amendment

The Sanctuary on Paradise

sirrahh wrote 8 months ago: I’m in Florida this weekend, trying to get a final few days of Summer before school starts up … more →

Tags: U. S. A., Life, Nature, Government, Chicago, news 2, Travel, Chicago Teachers' Strike, you didn't build that

Donor Diversity through Public Matching Funds

Elizabeth Monkus wrote 8 months ago: In May, the Brennan Center for Justice and the Campaign Finance Institute released a report on how p … more →

Tags: Judicial Elections & Campaign Finance, Elections, New York, Brennan Center, Campaign Finance Institute, campaign donation, small donors

2012 Political Issue: Electoral and Government Reform

Scott wrote 9 months ago: The Overwhelming Influence of Money in Political Campaigns Campaign Finance is an absolutely necessa … more →

Tags: Politics, Politics 2, Elections, reform, Lobbying, gerrmandering, term limits, Electoral College, 17th amendment

Romney Outraises Obama Again1 comment

Andrew wrote 10 months ago: Once again, Mitt Romney has outraised President Obama. In the month of June, Romney’s campaign … more →

Tags: General Election, Barack Obama, campaign finance, Mitt Romney, Republicans, fundraising, John McCain, rick wiley, RNC

Reason 9/10 - Obama the Warrior/A President as Good as his Word

ourfree50 wrote 11 months ago: 154 Days Remaining! Over the past year, we’ve witnessed almost everything we would never have … more →

Tags: obama, media, Military - 2, Foreign Affairs, iraq, Afghanistan, Ayatollah Kazim al-Haeri, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Shiite

Mann and Ornstein, tilting at a strawman

rethoughtblog wrote 12 months ago: After causing a stir with an op-ed called “Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem”, long … more →

Tags: campaign finance, citizens united, Norman Ornstein, Thomas Mann, Washington Post, fair-elections, Super Pacs, Interest groups

Is Government For Sale? Not In This Town!1 comment

shellybernal wrote 1 year ago: A grassroots movement is coordinating an effort to pass resolutions through city and town councils a … more →

Tags: campaign finance, Politics, campaign finance reform, election, Elections, get money out, injustice, Justice, occupy

So...are ou ready for election reform yet?

drugsandotherthings wrote 1 year ago: I have for many years been a proponet of election reform. And oddly (or maybe not), with all the ran … more →

Tags: Social, Politics, obama, GOP, Tea Party, DNC, Election Reform, Instant Runoff Elections, publicaly financed elections

New York: The Front Line in the Political Money Wars

mysterioz wrote 1 year ago: Shehan Peruma/FlickrForget Washington, DC. The real front line in the battle to get big money out of … more →

Tags: campaign finance, campaign finance reforms, DC, fair-elections, Financing, New York, Political Donors, Senate Elections, Support

Good News: Less Campaign Mail!

Alix Rosenthal wrote 1 year ago: San Francisco voters were absolutely buried in campaign mail in November 2011.  It was out of contro … more →

Tags: election, San Francisco, Alix Rosenthal, Democratic Party, Democratic County Central Committee, DCCC, June 5, Voting, Campaign Mail


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