Posts tagged "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission"
$ufferage
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Tags: 2016 Election, ballot box, buying elections, cash, cheating, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Clinton, corporations are people, Donald Drumpf, Donald Trump, Drumpf, election, Hillary Clinton, money = speech, money in politics, Trump, wealth
Rope-a-Dope
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Tags: 2012 Presidential election, bag of money, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, boxer, boxing, boxing gloves, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Deval Patrick, dollar sign, Elizabeth Warren, Eva Longoria, George Foreman, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Julian Castro, Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, money, Muhammad Ali, Obama, Paul Ryan, Presidential election, Reince Priebus, Romney, Scarlett Johansson, Super PACs
Political Auction Committees
Friday, May 11, 2012
Several weeks ago, I read an article discussing how much Mitt Romney had to spend per vote to win the Republican nomination, as well as the projected influence of Super PACs over the 2012 Presidential Election. The headline alone had me immediately reflecting on how the Presidency, as well as most significant political power, is more often bought than it is earned…
Pay No Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain
Saturday, October 23, 2010
One of the effects of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is that any organization can now donate an unlimited amount of cash to a given candidate’s campaign without revealing where the money came from…
Money Talks
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Appeared in the “Week in Review” section of the Sunday, September 20th, 2009 Edition of the New York Times, mistakenly credited there to Jim Morin…