Politico reports on White House efforts to keep lobbyists plugged-in here. “We are pleased to invite you today to join senior White House officials for a conference call to discuss the historic financial Wall Street reform legislation passed in the Senate yesterday,” the invitation read, adding that the call was off-limits to the media. The […]
Day: June 9, 2010
Labor’s “flushed” money?
Politico reports on a White House official’s comment on labor organization spending in Arkansas. “Organized labor just flushed $10 million of their members’ money down the toilet on a pointless exercise,” the official said. “If even half that total had been well-targeted and applied in key House races across this country, that could have made […]
Times defends matching funds today
This Times editorial defends a matching fund program. In a burst of judicial activism, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upended the gubernatorial race in Arizona, cutting off matching funds to candidates participating in the state’s public campaign finance system. Suddenly, three candidates, including Gov. Jan Brewer, can no longer receive public funds they had counted […]