The Hill reports that the SEIU ran an ad in a Louisiana newspaper referring to Sen. Vitter. The ad and the crossfire could be the beginning of a big campaign by SEIU to take him out in 2010. On May 1, 2009, President Obama announced his intent to nominate the SEIU’s John Sullivan (pictured) to […]
Reports are that the U.S. government will own 72.5% of General Motors. The company’s political action committee (PAC) has about $400,000 cash on hand and it looks like the PAC hasn’t contributed to any federal candidates this year. In other automotive-related campaign finance news, there have been charges that political affiliation played a role in […]
The Washington Times editorializes today about the Obama administration’s decision to drop the prosecution of the New Black Panther Party. Eric Eversole, a former litigation attorney with the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, told us: “It is truly unprecedented for the Voting Section to voluntarily dismiss a case of […]