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Tag Archives: Super PACs
Campaign Confidential: Online Tracking In The Presidential Race
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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Tagged online tracking, Sneak ADtack, Super PACs, third-party information resellers
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus . . . More Than Double!! (Ad Age Edition)
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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Tagged $9.8 billion, Advertising Age, Borrell Associates, Super PACs
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Google: Ron Paul Is Super PACman
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
Super (Val) PAC: Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide
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
WSJ Tracks Super PACs
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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Tagged Citizens United, Super PACs, Supreme Court, TechPresident, Wall Street Journal
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PAC Attack! Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide
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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Tagged Citizens for a Working America, Endorse Liberty, GOP presidential primary, Leaders For Families, Make Us Great Again, Our Destiny PAC, Priorities USA, Priorities USA Action, Red White and Blue Fund, Restore Our Future, Revolution PAC, Santa Rita PAC, Strong America Now, Super PACs, Winning Our Future
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Kabuki Edition)
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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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, outside groups, Scott Brown, Super PACs
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Fun Facts Edition)
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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Tagged Center for Responsive Politics, New York Times, presidential candidates, Super PACs
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