Tag Archives: Super PACs

Campaign Confidential: Online Tracking In The Presidential Race

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

We all know about third-party political groups, exemplified by Super PACs and other independent organizations, that spend big money to influence election outcomes. Now say hello to third-party information resellers, who data-mine campaign websites to target potential voters . . . … Continue reading →

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Let The $5 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Media Execs Say Yay! Edition)

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

Over the past year the hardguessing staff has reported any number of estimates of the overall spending for the 2012 election: $4 billion, $6 billion, $9.8 billion, and etc. Now comes the latest guesstimate, via AlterNet: Advertising on Television Rockets, … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus . . . More Than Double!! (Ad Age Edition)

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

So the hardworking staff was catching up with its magazine backlog when we encountered this piece in the March 12th edition of Advertising Age: Could Super PACs Actually Be Good for Democracy? There’s been one clear bugaboo in this year’s … Continue reading →

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Google: Ron Paul Is Super PACman

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

GOP Super PACs have spent over $30 million on this year’s presidential primary, most of it on television advertising. But the big spenders on TV aren’t necessarily the biggest players on YouTube. From Google Politics & Elections (via techPresident): Are … Continue reading →

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Super (Val) PAC: Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

Third-party political groups are all the rage these days, thanks to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision deregulating corporate election expenditures. Bottom line: Newly constituted Super PACs can collect as much money as they want from whomever they want … Continue reading →

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WSJ Tracks Super PACs

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

As the hardworking staff has relentlessly chronicled, Super PACs are driving the GOP presidential primary in a way no one (Paging the Supreme Court . . . paging the totally clueless Supreme Court) could have imagined. But at least someone … Continue reading →

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PAC Attack! Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

You can’t spit without hitting a Super PAC in the GOP presidential primary, as this helpful chart from Time graphically illustrates (through 1/12/12). Here’s a different way of configuring the list, with links to the groups and related news stories: … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Kabuki Edition)

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

In reaction to the Super PAC Mania currently gripping the GOP presidential primary campaign, Massachusetts US Senate opponents Scott Brown (R-LL Bean) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Harvard Yard) are looking to rid their battle of outside-group influence. From Saturday’s Boston Globe: … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Fun Facts Edition)

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Fun facts to know & tell from a Sunday’s New York Times piece about the blurring of the line between presidential candidates and Super PACs that can compile unlimited amounts of cash to promote them: Early fund-raising suggests that the new groups … Continue reading →

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