June 2012
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Jun 28th
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Jun 26th
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Texting for Dollars on the Trail
It’s been tried before, but on Thursday, the Federal Election Commission approved raising money by text message. In the past, text fundraising has been rejected because it would be difficult to meet the FEC’s 10 day reporting requirement (Source). OpenSecrets postulates that campaigns will follow the method used by charities and other organizations have used: texting a word or phrase...
Jun 21st
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McCain's Dubious Foreign Money Argument →
Sen. John McCain has recently stated that casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who was bankrolling Gingrich’s super PAC during the primary, is contributing foreign money to Romney’s super PAC, because some of his money is earned overseas: McCain said Adelson earns his money through a global casino empire, and “much of Mr. Adelson’s casino profits that go to him come from this...
Jun 17th
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Jun 14th
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Jun 11th
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Jun 2nd
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Jun 1st