Tag: campaign finance

Obama's Fundraising Machine

9 months ago

Robert de Neufville in Politeia

President Obama and the Democratic National Committee raised $86 million through the first half of this year. With unemployment high and disposable income stagnant, Obama faces a tough road to reelection. Obama’s job approval is down to an abysmal 39%, its lowest level ever. But a recent CNN/ORC ... Read More
The $2 Billion Election to Come

over 1 year ago

Robert de Neufville in Politeia

If you care about who gets elected in 2012, you better be prepared to open your wallet. The next election is going to be expensive. Former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle told the Financial Times last week that it could cost the two main presidential nominees more than $2 billion. In ... Read More
Outside Money and the Elections

over 1 year ago

Robert de Neufville in Politeia

The Democrats are bracing for big losses in next week’s election. While the Democrats may, as Nate Silver argues, still have some modest chance of retaining both houses of Congress, Republicans have already started to prepare an agenda for next year. But in the end this election may be remembered ... Read More
The Dangers of Corporate Democracy

over 2 years ago

Robert de Neufville in Politeia

"We may have democracy," Justice Louis Brandeis once said, "or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." Justice Brandeis thought that eventually the people who controlled the wealth of the country would come to control the country itself. One way or another ... Read More

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