Day: October 17, 2010

Axelrod seeks to end the mystery

Roll Call reports. White House senior adviser David Axelrod tried Sunday to redirect Democratic criticism away from fears of foreign influence in campaign spending and toward the unsavoriness of mystery donors in general. Politics Daily covers the developments here.

Spotlight on U.S. subsidiaries

In the Post. As Democrats and Republicans spar over whether foreign money is polluting the midterm elections, a simple point is often overlooked: Hundreds of foreign corporations already play an integral and perfectly legal role in American politics through their U.S. subsidiaries.