22 Sep

WASHINGTON -- Presidential candidates from both parties are going to solicit six and seven-figure contributions directly from donors for the first time in a decade, thanks to looser campaign finance rules enacted by the Supreme Court and Congress in recent years.Source: The Warnings About The Supreme Court's Dangerous Campaign Finance Ruling Are Now Coming True...

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22 Sep

Opportunity and Freedom PAC, and its two siblings, Opportunity and Freedom PAC numbers 1 and 2, were meant to be heavyweight sluggers for Republican Rick Perry, providing big-budget support for his second presidential bid. But Perry himself turned out to be a welterweight at best.Source: What Happens To All That SuperPAC Money When A Candidate Drops Out...

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20 Sep

But correctly interpreting rules changes matters more. Adam Nagourney and Jonathan Martin at the New York Times are the latest to venture down the path of tea leaf reading about the changes the Republican National Committee has made to its 2016 delegate selection rules and their impact.Source: Rules Matter...

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20 Sep

In 1981, a research team at little-known Cleveland State University made national headlines when it released a study showing that, despite substantial gains over the preceding decade in the number of women in the workforce and noteworthy shifts in public opinion regarding women's capacity to suSource: How to debate like a woman...

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