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Caviar, RoboSquirrel: Gov’t ‘Wastebook’
Sen. Tom Coburn is highlighting the nation’s fiscal follies with his annual “Wastebook 2012,” out today. In it, the Oklahoma Republican picks the 100 most wasteful and/or ridiculous programs funded by taxpayer dollars, adding up to over $18 billion. In addition...
Read more »State of Play: Independent Ad Spending
You won’t hear “I’m Barack Obama, and I approve this message” or “I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this message” on these commercials, but if you live in a swing state, you’re seeing plenty about both candidates from political groups...
Read more »Electoral Votes: $5.6 Mln For Nevada’s, Most Expensive of All
How much does an electoral vote cost? In the heavily contested swing states, the cost of courting those votes adds up to the price of a small Cezanne. The presidential candidates and their super-PACs are nearing the half-billion dollar mark...
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Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Fairfax, Virginia, on September 13th.
Romney Attack: Defense Job Cuts
One-third of the Romney campaign’s 16 new state-by-state targeted ads focus on sequestration’s impact on defense spending, notes Kantar Media’s CMAG. The state-specific ads are running in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. The campaign has spent $402,770 to...
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Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corp.
Murdoch Tweets Praise Dems’ Convention, Offer Advice to Romney
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is active in the twittersphere this morning — with his thoughts on which campaign won the weeks of the conventions: ”Retrospect; Conventions mixed but net big win for democrats. Michelle O and Clinton the big stars....
Read more »Obama Campaign Outspends Romney on Ads During Conventions
The Romney campaign may have been outraising the Obama campaign — until August, anyway — but during the weeks of the nomination conventions, it wasn’t outspending them. Our friends at Kantar Media’s CMAG have the numbers: during the Republican convention,...
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Todd Akin arrives to give a victory speech at his campaign party at the Columns Banquet Center in St. Charles, Mo., in this file photo.
Akin’s Apology Ad Racks Up Views, If Not Actual Ad Buys
Missouri GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin’s “apology ad” has probably been seen more because of media stories about it than because of his ad buy. According to New York-based Kantar Media’s CMAG, which tracks ads on national network, national cable...
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Ryan’s Kenosha a Bellwether County
Kenosha County, Wisconsin, home to Ocean Spray and one of the fastest growing counties in the country, is in Paul Ryan’s home district. And Kenosha County is small — just under 170,000 residents — but they make a difference. The...
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Election clerk Michael Daniels takes a vote by mail ballot at a drive up ballot collection point outside the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office on June 5, 2012.
California’s Open Primary Costs Super-PAC $711,000 on Just One Race
California’s races are costing the independent expenditure groups a lot more, thanks to the new open primaries. House Majority PAC — a super-PAC set up to help Democrats win back the House — will show in its next FEC filing...
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