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Campaign ads for smart phones, Web come of age

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Oct. 01 - Minnesota candidates are spending more on online and smart phone ads that zero in on specific groups. The advantage over TV spots? They are cheap, fast and success is easy to measure.

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Capitalism trumps democracy

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By David Sirota - Oct. 07 (Opinion) - American democracy is defined by vesting government power in systems and rules, not in individuals and whims. We have been, as John Adams wrote, "an empire of laws, and not of men" — until now. Instead of responding to this meltdown by updating regulatory institutions or investing in job-creating infrastructure, the bailout gives one unelected appointee — the Treasury secretary — complete authority to dole out $700 billion to bank executives, with little oversight.

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Congress & the Bailout: This just stinks

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oct. 02 (Editorial) - We ought to be able to debate the merits of a critical piece of legislation like the economic future of our nation without resorting to gimmicks. This is Congress at its worst.

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Obama joins call for earmark hiatus

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Boston Globe - By Scott Helman - Mar. 11 (Opinion) - Barack Obama announced today that he has signed on as a cosponsor of a Senate amendment that would impose a one-year moratorium on Congressional earmarks, the secretive and expensive spending measures used by House and Senate members to bring federal dollars to their districts. The moratorium, sponsored by Jim DeMint, a deeply conservative senator from South Carolina, would apply to the fiscal year 2009 appropriations cycle.

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One step forward, two back for House GOP as earmarker Bonner gets Appropriations Committee slot

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Baltimore Examiner - By Mark Tapscott - Feb. 15 (Opinion) - Just when you think they really, finally do get it, the House GOP does something that demonstrates yet again that they haven't yet grasped that talking about earmark reform is not enough, they have to actually do something concrete.

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Children's Health Yields to the Senators From Pork

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:30:02 -0700

Washington Post - By Dana Milbank - Oct. 24 (Opinion) - The United States Senate yesterday was confronted with a stark choice: health care for children, or pet projects for lawmakers' home states. The final tally? Pet Projects 68, Kids 26.

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Alaska's 'Stevens money'

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:25:27 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Michael Carey - Aug. 07 (Opinion) - Stevens' ability to deliver -- and his invulnerability to electoral challenge because he could deliver -- transformed him from an elected official into something of a frontier fertility god -- worshiped, propitiated, feared. Stevens answered to no one. In a moment I will never forget from that breakfast, Stevens caught the eye of a man he knew across the room and waved to him, just as any old friend or longtime acquaintance would. The man became rigid and obviously uncomfortable, perhaps thinking, "Oh my God, Ted Stevens waved at me, now what do I do?" He quickly recovered, however, and came over to talk to Stevens -- not because he had anything to say but perhaps because he feared Stevens' disapproval if he did not.

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