Sarah Palin may be off Fox News, but she has a million bucks in the bank. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s political action committee finished 2012 with $1.2 million in the bank, newly released Federal Election Commission reports show. Palin’s...
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Michelle Patry, left, and Bobbie Fallahee pose for photos in front former Alaska governor Sara Palin's bus during a signing for Palin's book "Going Rogue: An American Life," in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Sarah Palin: Looking Like $1.2 Million
Senate Democrats: Best Defensive Record Since 1964 — Held 22 of 23
In increasing their Senate majority on Nov. 6, Democrats showed that the best offense may be a good defense. Democrats won in 22 of 23 states where they were defending Senate seats. Their only blemish was Nebraska, where the party...
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Sen. Scott Brown speaks at a rally in Cumnock Hall at the University of Massachusetts Lowell campus.
Senate Republicans Send $2.4 Million to Massachusetts in Aid of Brown
The campaign arm of the Senate Republicans sent $2.4 million to the Massachusetts Republican Party to help Sen. Scott Brown fend off a serious from Democrat Elizabeth Warren on Nov. 6. The transfer by the National Republican Senatorial Committee accounted...
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Online brokerage TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts.
Ricketts Gives $11.4 Million to Anti-Obama Super-PAC
Billionaire Republican Joe Ricketts gave $11.4 million to his Ending Spending Action Fund super-political action committee last month, it said in a filing to the Federal Election Commission today. The super-PAC, Ending Spending Action Fund, is opposing President Barack Obama’s...
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Steve Martin from his Bob Kerrey video.
Steve Martin Makes a Wad of Paper
And Bob Kerrey has Steve Martin to thank for it: Then again, in Nebraska, Deb Fischer may have the message that works:
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Bob Kerrey arrives in New York to assume the presidency of New School University.
New York Donors Fund Super-PAC Attacking Kerrey Foe in Nebraska
New York is working on Bob Kerrey in Nebraska. A super-PAC funded partly by New York financiers is aiding Kerrey’s Democratic bid to win a Nebraska U.S. Senate seat with television and radio ads critical of his Republican opponent. The...
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A member of Rick Santorum's staff outside the U.S. Supreme Court during opening arguments on President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law.
Kerrey, Kaine, Brown at Crossroads
The unfettered money is everywhere. With unprecedented money floating around in the super-PAC campaigns of 2012, it’s tempting to think of it all as an Obama-Romney contest. It’s much more than that. American Crossroads, the super-PAC that Republican strategist Karl...
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Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning makes calls to potential voters from his campaign office in Omaha, Neb., on May 14, 2012.
Nebraska U.S. Senate Race TV Ads: $5 Million and Counting
Nebraska voters are choosing nominees today for a U.S. Senate seat in a state that’s already seen more than $5 million in television ads. That’s a lot of attack ads for the 1.8 million residents of the nation’s 14th-least populous...
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Attorney General Jon Bruning, center, in a debate against state Treasurer Don Stenberg, right, and state Sen. Deb Fischer, left, in Omaha.
Primary Day in Nebraska, Idaho and Oregon
Political Capital will be watching primary elections for Congress today in Nebraska, Idaho and Oregon. Here’s a look at some key contests: Nebraska: Republicans are picking a nominee for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Democrat Ben Nelson, with the...
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