I hope to have a report on and photos from the Factcheck.org conference, “On message: voter persuasion in the 2008 election.” The candidates were not the only ones trying to sway voters in the 2008 presidential election. Independent groups on both the left and the right – as well as the national political parties – […]
Month: December 2008
Zephyr Teachout on Lobbying
Zephyr Teachout, a Duke Law professor, has this interesting and timely piece on lobbying reform in Democracy, A Journal of Ideas (free registration required). Some excerpts: Lobbying distorts American democracy by introducing a pay-to-play scale to the public’s ability to petition the government. It turns our government from a fundamentally public-facing entity to a private-facing […]
“Lobbying Frenzy”
The Post covers the “lobbying frenzy” over the crisis facing American automakers. Last week it was auto industry suppliers. Yesterday it was mayors from the nation’s biggest cities. Now, auto dealers from across the country have arrived in Washington. … Separately, a small group of active and retired auto workers from Michigan, Indiana and other […]