The Times once again endorses ethics reform in Albany. Governor Paterson needs to negotiate with the Legislature to quickly come up with a stronger ethics reform package. Any law must have a requirement that all lawmakers — lawyers included — tell the public exactly how they earn their outside income.
Month: February 2010
Times notes shifting contribution patterns
The Times has a story this morning on the shifting political contribution patterns of Wall Street. Just two years after Mr. Obama helped his party pull in record Wall Street contributions — $89 million from the securities and investment business, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics — some of his biggest supporters, like […]
The man behind “demon sheep”
The Slate’s Chris Beam profiles the creator of the “demon sheep” ad here. The man to credit—or to blame—is Republican media consultant Fred Davis, the closest thing political advertising has to an auteur.