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Subscribe to RSSThe Washington Post: “Black Politicians Gaining Little Capital After Obama's Election.”
ALABAMA: “Four-term congressman Artur Davis, in the wake of a resounding rejection of his bid to be Alabama's governor, said Wednesday that his political career was over,” the Birmingham News reports.
ARIZONA: The NRA endorsed John McCain. “John McCain has steadfastly voted against every gun and ammunition ban in Congress,” Chris W. Cox, chairman of NRA-Political Victory Fund. "This along with his commitment to preserving our hunting heritage has earned him the NRA-PVF’s endorsement. We ask all Arizona gun-owners, hunters and NRA members to vote for John McCain in the U.S. Senate Republican primary on August 24th.”
CALIFORNIA: “Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman's recent $500,000-a-day spending spree in her quest to become California's governor appears to have paid off, with a new poll today showing that she holds a 2-to-1 lead over state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner heading into the Republican primary election on Tuesday,” the San Francisco Chronicle writes.
FLORIDA: NPR looks at Kendrick Meek’s chances in his primary and that three-way general election in the Senate race.
ILLINOIS: “Senate candidate Mark Kirk apologized Thursday for making inaccurate statements about his service in the Navy Reserves, while acknowledging more discrepancies,” The Chicago Tribune writes. "’I think going forward I have to be humble about my military record,’ Kirk said earlier Thursday. ‘I have to understate it and I have to own up to any errors that I created. I do not want to create the impression of adding to the record.’”
IOWA: Ahead of Tuesday’s primary, “Sarah Palin endorsed former governor Terry Branstad in the Iowa Republican gubernatorial primary Thursday, breaking with several conservative leaders who have backed the former governor’s primary opponent,” Politico reports.
NORTH CAROLINA: “As a candidate for U.S. Senate... [Secretary of State Elaine] Marshall has sought the financial support of the same powerbrokers she currently regulates,” the AP reports. “Marshall has raised at least $2,500 from five registered North Carolina lobbyists, according to an Associated Press review of donation records. It's a small fraction of both the number of donations and $440,000 she's raised during her campaign for the Democratic nomination, and the money is also perfectly legal despite the state's strict limits on lobbyist donations that Marshall helped craft.”
VIRGINIA: Ahead of Tuesday’s primaries, NPR looks at the GOP primary in VA-2.
WASHINGTON: Dino Rossi (R) says he’s raised more than $600,000 (including almost $200,000) since he entered the Senate race. And he got a boost when Washington state Sen. Don Benton (R) dropped out and endorsed him.
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Maybe Old Nag Twitwoman can buy her way to a win in the primary but she won't be able to buy off California's voters that easily when facing Governor Jerry Brown. Jerry will crush this Wall Street Criminal and EBay Porn Queen.
So what the NRA always supports rightwing deadbeats who are too cowardly to walk around without a gun strapped on.
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I've lived in Calif most of my life. What in gods name is so great about Jerry Brown. What has he done. The only time you hear him is when he wants to go against the peoples vote in Calif. or is trying to get re-elected. I am an Independent. The guy is just a name with no substance. I can tell by how you write that you have a hard time expressing yourself Hey don't worry their's always time to learn.
We need a constitutional amendment to stop PAC's and corporate lobbying. Keep donations at $2500.00 or we the people will never be put first
One day's worth of Whitman's spending would feed a lot of hungry people, and keep a good number of school teachers, fire fighters, police officers on the job. I donate to campaigns as do many but just like watching the Rose Parade with millions spent on floats, I always think about the good those millions could do. Bleeding heart liberal, I guess.
We really do need public financing of elections to get big business out of the equation, to put some realistic limits on what candidates can spend, to allow those without big dollars a fair shot at the position; but in order to do that both the fed and state governments would need some sort of tax solely for that purpose.
It's really sickening & nauseating to see these rich politicians & wanna-be's WASTING this money for their own agendas. The american people NEED to stop all the double talk these candidates spew out. We have allowed this and we must stop it ! Who are these people that DONATE the (wasteful spending) money ? Someone needs to slap them AWAKE !
We have the chance to tell these wealthy people that they can no longer buy an election. We need public funding to stop this. We have to stop corporate money from flowing into campaigns. Personal contributions should be capped at $100.00 per person. Lobbyists should be outlawed. PAC's should be outlawed. Their nothing but another way for business to funnel money into elections. I hope Witman loses all his money. We also have to address these people that lose elections, but keep their war chest for themselves. The only way to change things is to vote out these intrenched polititions who think they can stay for life. We have term limits, please use them.
Whitman is spending mega bucks (she's got it to spend) of her own money in a primary election. Her ads are nasty and her opponent is now fighting back with nasty ads of his own. Meanwhile the front runner for the Democrats, Jerry Brown, sits back and collects donations to his campaign and doesn't have to spend a dime. In ghe general election so much nastyness will have been said about the Republican (Whitman or Poizner) that Brown won't have to spend much to defeat either of them. What an election made in heaven!
If Brown beats Whitman she can sing the Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love" for her concession speech.
Although I am a Democrat, I don't see me voting for Jerry Brown. He is an empty suit.....
Meg Whitman makes the most sense to me out of people running. As far as I can see Jerry Brown doesn't have a democratic opponent so we democrats must vote for the least of the worst. That being Meg Whitman.
What say you?
I want this governor again.....not
In the '70s, he was "Governor Moonbeam." Now he's running for the office again—as a fiscal hawk ... Quote from Bloomberg Business Week
Governor Moonbeam..... right!