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Campaigning

June 30, 2008

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina may or may not be on Arizona Sen. John McCain’s short list for vice president, but she already is taking a crucial role in the Republican presidential hopeful’s campaign.

ShopTalk

Shop Talk: Firewall

June 26, 2008

The four Congressional campaign committees have settled on who will direct their independent expenditure efforts — a personnel decision made all the more important because these individuals must operate behind a firewall and are prohibited by law from involving the rest of their respective committees when deciding where and how to spend precious resources.

The FarmTeam

GOP Could Turn to a Winner in Southern Tier

June 24, 2008

For years, there was a certain balance in New York politics: Democrats controlled New York City, Republicans controlled upstate, and the suburbs outside the city were, to one degree or another, battlegrounds.

MoneyMatters

Bush Ups Ante on FEC

June 25, 2008

The White House on Tuesday continued to pressure Senate Democrats to confirm nearly 400 nominees to various federal offices by Friday, including five Federal Election Commission picks whose absence continues to shutter the elections regulator.

Casualty List

Track which Members of Congress are making the 110th Congress their last.

Boustany Ready for His Close-Up in Delegation

June 30, 2008

For a state that has such a storied history of electing Members who populate the highest levels of power in Congress, Louisiana’s current seniority drain has caused more than a bit of concern both in the Bayou State and among its delegation on Capitol Hill.

One in a Million: Campaigns Ponder Ruling

June 30, 2008

The Supreme Court’s decision last week to throw out the “Millionaires’ Amendment” of campaign finance law is leaving dozens of campaigns involving wealthy House candidates wondering what the ruling means not just for their campaign coffers, but for their fundraising strategies.

Wealthy Dark Horse Eyes Sullivan’s Seat

June 30, 2008

It’s a good time to be a Democrat.
That might be why so many Democratic House candidates are willing to wager millions of dollars of their own money on winning solid Republican seats against GOP incumbents whose only sin is, well, being a Republican.

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