Shaun Dakin at the Stop Political Calls blog linked to this interesting article involving advocacy calls originating from the Gaza Strip. NUSSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP — For every point that U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama gains ahead of the Nov. 4 election, a young student in a sparsely furnished room an ocean away is […]
Month: October 2008
FEC Chairman Profile
The WSJ profiles the Chairman of the Federal Election Commission today.
Lobbyists Under Scrutiny
It may have seemed that lobbyists were “kicked around” on the campaign trail this year, according to this National Journal blog entry. Yet, [Patrick] Griffin called some of the candidates’ solutions on the campaign trail “distortions and caricatures.” He said there are useful ways to tackle revolving-door problems, but not by “embracing all of this debate […]