President Barack Obama has made it clear that he despises the tax-exempt nonprofit groups that play in politics. Yet now his own campaign is becoming one of them. The nonprofit Americans for Prosperity — a frequent target of Obama’s criticism...
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Americans for Prosperity Group activists attend a rally in Manhattan on Sept. 20, 2012 in New York City.
Anti-Obama Nonprofit Calls Out Pro-Obama Nonprofit: ‘Hypocrisy’
Mitt Romney, as the Republican presidential candidate, arrives on stage at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. Photograph by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
Romney Remarks: `The Dumb Party’
Mitt Romney’s campaign already had suffered from the publication of some words offered in private to supporters — telling fundraisers during his run for president that 47 percent of Americans pay no taxes, are victims of government dependency and politically...
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Mitt Romney meets with businessman Edward Czuker at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Oct. 18, 2012.
Romney Runway Donor Maintenance
In the delicate art of convincing big-dollar donors that they are, in fact, being listened to, Republican Mitt Romney has one advantage over President Barack Obama: The tarmac tete-a-tete. Whether he’s boarding or deplaning, Romney tends to find a few...
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A donor fills out a contribution form while Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign fundraising event in Atlanta, on Sept. 19, 2012.
Romney Woos Donors With Spirited Defense of Controversial Comments
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney offered a spirited defense today of his secretly videotaped remarks, continuing an effort by his allies to transform the campaign distraction into a broader debate about the role of government. “The question in this campaign...
Read more »Obama Donors: Starwood Points?
There are dozens of parties, concerts, and exclusive briefings in Charlotte this week for the wealthy and well-connected. Yet, the most happening spot of all might just be the Westin hotel. Donors, strategists, activists and politicians mixed and mingled as...
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West Virginia delegate Brian Long takes a cell phone picture of a photo of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan during the RNC.
Republican Big Wallets Will Watch Convention From Exclusive Club
Updated: 10:07 p.m. Mitt Romney’s top campaign financiers — about 1,500 of them — have their own posh perch in the Tampa Bay Times Forum from which to watch the Republican National Convention speeches this week. The two-level Channelside Club...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker leaps from a mobile billboard during part of the FixGunChecks.org truck tour stop.
Gun-Control Group Files FEC Report Listing Donors
Donors funding many of the current political ads that boost or attack candidates are being kept under wraps. But a group sponsoring a new ad campaign calling for gun-control plans from President Obama and Mitt Romney has opted for disclosure....
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The Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington.
Anonymous Donations Can Remain Secret Despite IRS Requirement to Disclose
The handwringing over disclosure of who is giving money to 501(c)(4)’s in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election has increased, as donors seeking anonymity try to bring a cone of silence down around their contributions. Social welfare organizations that...
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Rep. Chris Van Hollen, right, Rep. Keith Ellison, left, and Rep. Steve Israel, speak about theDISCLOSE act on Capitol Hill.
Senate to Vote on Disclosure of Political Ad Funding
Campaign finance reform groups expect a Senate vote this morning on a motion to advance legislation requiring disclosure of donors to groups that are spending millions of dollars on political ads in the run-up to the 2012 elections. Reformers aren’t...
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Mitt Romney supporters in Davenport, Iowa.
Romney Struggling to Attract Small Donors
Despite raffling off meals — including dinner with Donald Trump — and baseball tickets, all for a minimum contribution of $3, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney is still struggling to attract small-dollar donors to his campaign. As Romney campaigned to...
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