The Times opines upon the potential return of Jim Traficant here. You had to hope there was no second act for a politician like him. If there isn’t, something is right in Youngstown.
Month: January 2010
Citizens United in the red zone
AP’s Sharon Theimer reports on Citizens United here. Possibly coming soon to your TV screen: election-season Super Bowl-style ads promoting congressional and presidential candidates, paid for by some of the nation’s largest corporations. It may happen. For decades, business and union money has been largely shut out of state, congressional and presidential campaigns. The Supreme […]
Fearing Citizens United
The Brennan Center’s Monica Youn analyzes the issues at stake in Citizens United in this LA Times column. With Citizens United due to be decided as campaigns for this year’s elections get off the ground, political players are keenly aware that the court could open the floodgates to corporate cash. “We the People” can only […]