Category Archives: superPACs

Handicapping the Upcoming War of Words

Posted on Monday, September 17th, 2012 by Lucas Kawa

The 9/11 attacks on American embassies abruptly ended the spectacle of Convention season. Now, US voters can look forward to 50 days of being ambushed by advertisements, pelted with a plethora of polls and inundated with other irrelevant information from … Continue reading →

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Convention Hangover: Saturday Six-Pack

Posted on Saturday, September 8th, 2012 by Lucas Kawa

Six tidbits on politics and economic policy – diligently digested and all highly recommended by yours truly. 2012 State of Play “Romney’s Playing Field Narrows” Romney and allied Super PACs have pulled out of the ad market in Michigan and … Continue reading →

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Romney/Ryan and the Rising Corporate Aristocracy

Posted on Sunday, August 26th, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“Corporations are people, my friend!” As Hurricane Isaac lashes Tampa, the GOP elite are doing what they do best: scurrying for cover.  And hidden within the hunkered down hotels the hurricane is also interrupting a shadow convention in which GOP … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Republican Party: Video

Posted on Sunday, August 26th, 2012 by Lucas Kawa

Have you ever wondered why there’s never been an attack ad composed of the most asinine, absurd statements to come out of Republicans’ mouths, set to classical music? Well, so did I. Harnessing the power of the late great Steve … Continue reading →

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Romney Must Return Sheldon Adelson’s “Limitless” Donations

Posted on Monday, July 16th, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“Follow the money.” –’Deep Throat‘, All The President’s Men Mitt Romney has a gambling problem. Las Vegas Sands casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has donated at least $36 million to Romney and his Super PACs.  He has signaled that his support … Continue reading →

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OWS is not our ally – Part IV

Posted on Thursday, June 14th, 2012 by Doug Marquardt

Part 4 in my ongoing series urging Dems to give up the hope that Occupy members will vote with us in November. As I’ve been showing in this series with quotes from Occupy groups across the country, they are clear … Continue reading →

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Money Can’t Buy You Relevance Donald

Posted on Thursday, May 24th, 2012 by Cindy Rose

In his latest pathetic quest for political relevance, Donald Trump is really putting himself out there, starting with ramping up his birther rhetoric. At the same time, Romney is too beholden to Trump to act like a leader and tell … Continue reading →

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Americans for Prosperity Trashes Republican Business Owners

Posted on Friday, April 27th, 2012 by Doug Marquardt

A new ad by the right-wing political action group Americans for Prosperity attempts to attack President Obama for not creating enough jobs with the stimulus but fails miserably. First of all, the Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan group the radical … Continue reading →

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Rove ad points out the obvious – the President is cool

Posted on Friday, April 27th, 2012 by Doug Marquardt

Karl Rove’s American Crossroads has put out a video that even Donald Trump says is a terrible ad. I thought it was one of the worst commercials, in terms of what they were trying to do, that I’ve ever seen. … Continue reading →

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From the lips of Luntz?

Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 by Doug Marquardt

I stumbled upon a thread in the right-wing forum Liberal Forum (.org), a domain name I can only assume was chosen to mislead people into visiting the site and driving up their stats (I intentionally left out the link so … Continue reading →

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