Are super PACs a big flop?
Posted on September 25, 2012, at 6:05 PMMany feared that allowing unlimited donations to outside groups would let the super-wealthy buy elections. Those fears may have been unfounded
Should the Supreme Court revisit Citizens United?
Posted on June 26, 2012, at 3:55 PMThis week, the court declined to reargue its landmark ruling on campaign finance, even though elections across the country are awash in outside money
Sheldon Adelson: 7 surprising facts about 2012's biggest donor
Posted on June 14, 2012, at 12:44 PMThe conservative casino mogul has dropped at least $35 million into the 2012 election, and is bankrolling a Romney-friendly super PAC. Who is this guy?
Conservatives' $1 billion spending blitz: Will they buy the election?
Posted on May 31, 2012, at 9:15 AMPolitico reports that conservative super PACs and other outside groups will give Mitt Romney and the GOP a 2-to-1 cash advantage in November
Who's winning the 2012 presidential money race?
Posted on May 22, 2012, at 9:15 AMThe assumption was that Obama would have a big fundraising advantage over Romney, but GOP-friendly super PACs are proving prognosticators wrong
41 annoyingly ridiculous super PAC names
Posted on April 20, 2012, at 9:40 AMThe new unlimited-donation political-action funds are a serious issue this election. Not that you'd know it from their easy-to-mock names...
4 ways super PACs are good for democracy
Posted on February 20, 2012, at 8:55 AMMany Americans assume super PACs are evil. But there are plenty of good reasons to applaud the new flood of cash flowing freely into our body politic
The 'disturbing' rise of super PACs: By the numbers
Posted on February 9, 2012, at 12:50 PMA small number of super-wealthy Americans are pumping a lot of lightly regulated money into the political system. Here's how it breaks down
Time for Newt Gingrich's 'political sugar daddy' to jump ship?
Posted on February 6, 2012, at 12:15 PMAs Newt's campaign flounders, Romney has been urging casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson to stop bankrolling a pro-Newt super PAC, and back Mitt instead
How deep-pocketed super PACs became 'shadow campaigns'
Posted on January 31, 2012, at 1:13 PMThe independent groups can raise and spend unlimited cash — and they're using it to drown out the candidates
Super PACs: All the speech money can buy
Posted on December 9, 2011, at 10:07 AMThe new, supercharged political action committees are raising unlimited funds to sway the 2012 elections. How will that affect democracy?
Stephen Colbert's campaign finance victory: A guide
Posted on July 1, 2011, at 1:43 PMThe Federal Election Commission approves the Comedy Central funnyman's bid to set up a super PAC. Who's getting the last laugh now?
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