Tag Archives: Campaign Finance

How Much Money Did They Waste?

Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:30 pm by JM Ashby

How much money did the Right Wing waste on this election? According to the best estimates that are currently available: Billionaire Casino Mogul spent roughly $53 million during the Republican primary season and the general election. The Koch Brothers spent … Continue reading →

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Should Have Opted for a Costume

Posted on October 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – David Fitzimmons In other news, analysis from ThinkProgress shows that the Koch Brothers spent approximately $95 million on ads between April and October of this year. Karl Rove’s Crossroads has also spent roughly $95 million. Also — here’s … Continue reading →

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I Approve This Message

Posted on October 24, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Jimmy Margulies In other news, President Obama is reportedly beating Mitt Romney in text-message donations by a margin of 73 to 1. There was a lot of good news for the Obama campaign today in regards to polling.

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1.8 Million Donors in September

Posted on October 6, 2012 at 2:20 pm by JM Ashby

While the Wall Street Journal previously estimated that the Obama campaign would raise $150 million in September, it turns out they were off by more than $30 million. Jim Messina announced today that the campaign raised a total of $181 … Continue reading →

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Fixed News

Posted on October 5, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – David Fitzsimmons In other news, according to a report from The New Republic, Murray Energy has pressured employees into making donations to the Romney campaign. Murray Energy made waves last month when local employees lost a day’s pay … Continue reading →

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Obama Campaign Sets New Fundraising Record

Posted on October 4, 2012 at 7:10 pm by JM Ashby

Good news — the Obama campaign set a new record during the month of September for total amount of funds raised. WASHINGTON—The Obama campaign set a new monthly fundraising record for the 2012 election cycle, taking in more than $150 … Continue reading →

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Romney Donors Are Skewed

Posted on October 1, 2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

This comes from Fox Business so it must be fair and balanced, right? No? The Romney campaign is experiencing what some officials believe could be the beginning of a mass exodus of big money donors diverting their cash away from … Continue reading →

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Crossroads Shifting Cash to Senate Seats

Posted on September 25, 2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

Karl Rove’s Crossroads announced a new ad buy today but this one is for Senate seats, not Mitt Romney. The super PAC American Crossroads and its non-profit arm Crossroads GPS are launching a $5.5 million ad offensive in five key … Continue reading →

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Romney’s Failing Campaign Hands Out Bonuses

Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:05 pm by JM Ashby

Romney’s campaign is failing, they’re running in the red, and apparently they’re handing out bonuses too. Mitt Romney’s campaign handed out more than $200,000 in bonuses last month to senior staffers, according to new disclosure records filed Thursday. Richard Beeson, … Continue reading →

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The Unimportant People

Posted on September 20, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Bill Day In other news, the Democratic House Majority PAC had it’s best fundraising month yet during the month of August. A new episode of the Bubble Genius Bob and Chez Show will be available here tonight.

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