2012 AD BARRAGE. AdvertisingAge. “The economy may still be flirting with a double-dip recession and marketers might be mulling a trim to the ad budgets, yet it’s all but certain the 2012 election season will break previous spending records. In the presidential race alone, money spent on TV and digital advertising will grow substantially, topping the more than $1 billion spent in the record-setting 2007-2008 campaign cycle.”

DOMAIN NAME GAMES.  Roll Call.   “Internet users are cyber-squatting against Rep. Michele Bachmann.”

OGE PROPOSAL BAD FOR HOTEL BUSINESS. LA Times. “Just as the U.S. hotel industry begins to recover from the recession, industry leaders say they are being sabotaged by the Obama administration.”

SUPERCOMMITTEE LOBBYING IN THE NEWS.  Politico.  “In just six weeks, nearly 200 companies and special interests have reported that they’re lobbying the 12-member supercommittee.”

CAIN’S LOBBYIST PAST. Story here. “From 1996, when he left the pizza company, until 1999, Cain ran the National Restaurant Association, a once-sleepy trade group that he transformed into a lobbying powerhouse.”

TIMES ON CORPORATE CONTRIBUTION CASE. Here.

SEO IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. Search Engine Land.. The article discussed search engine optimization for political campaigns.

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