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... speech rights. Campaign donations pay for ads, of course. But that money also pays for polling, operatives' salaries and offices -- the nuts and bolts of a campaign operation that aren't necessarily speech. The Karl Rove-supported American Crossroads super PAC raised almost $5.2 million last month from three ...
... are found in contempt of Congress. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee outraised their Republican counterpart by $400,000 in March. Getting back to fundraising after a year off, American Crossroads raised more in March than in the previous 14 months combined, but their fundraising base includes three corporations and just ...
... says her trek recalls “images from the disastrous trip to Washington by the heads of Detroit’s automakers five years ago during the automotive crisis.” American Crossroads released a new TV ad Tuesday in support of Thom Tillis’ campaign for the GOP nomination in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate ...
... all play out in the end. One thing that's been striking is some of the really big conservative super PACs from 2012, such as American Crossroads, have had really paltry fund-raising so far this year. There's definitely a sense among conservative donors that I think they're ...
... subordinated to the decisions of a small number." April 2008: Pope Benedict Says Church, American Society at a 'Crossroads' Pope Benedict XVI held mass before a crowd of some 45,000 worshipers at the Washington Nationals Park where he addressed the challenges facing American Catholics. April 2008: Pope Visits White ...
... to averting nearly $500 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts at year's end. Mr. Obama called the Republican leader Tuesday after receiving a counter-offer to a fresh proposal put forward by the administration on Monday. The conversation came two days after they met at the White ...
President Obama campaigns Thursday in Virginia Beach. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Friday may be a new day, but for the most part it's the same old story when it comes to the latest batch of battleground state polls. President Obama leads Mitt Romney by seven points, 51 percent to 44 percent, in New Hampshire,...
A woman votes in the New Hampshire primary in January. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images Democrats and Republicans alike acknowledge one of the main keys to success at the polls this November lies in luring women voters. Both sides were out targeting that critical demographic in force this week as new polling data shed light...
In other news Tuesday, Spain will get its first bailout payment of more than $36 billion before the end of the month. In early trading on Wall Street, stocks moved higher, but gains were erased by falling oil prices.
GOP strategists are working with billionaire Joe Ricketts, above, on a proposal to mount a "provocative" campaign against President Obama, the New York Times reports. Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images. Update, 2:25 p.m. A few hours after the New York Times story made a splash, organizers behind the effort are saying they won't put a...
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