Huffington Post: 5 Voting Laws That Make People Angry
-By Katy Hall May 15, 2012- A wave of Republican-sponsored laws restricting who can and cannot vote may mean that fewer Democrats, especially those who are low-income or minorities, vote…
Texas Tribune: District Court: Voter ID Unlikely for 2012
-by Julián Aguilar May 7, 2012- The Texas attorney general’s office issued a statement in response to today’s court order and scheduling guidelines in the state’s lawsuit against the Department…
PoliticusUSA: Abandon Ship: How the Left Sunk the Swiftboating of Barack Obama
-By Sarah Jones May 9, 2012- It turns out that Joel Arends, the Chairman of Swiftboating 2012 style’s “Veterans for a Strong America” and creator of the viral “Obama spiked…
Huffington Post: Crossroads GPS Argues Ads Attacking Candidates Aren’t Political
-By Dan Froomkin & Paul Blumenthal May 7, 2012- WASHINGTON -- Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, the political ad-buying organization cofounded by Republican strategist Karl Rove in 2010, has officially submitted…
Bloomberg: Oil Drilling Advocates Drive Presidential Debate With Ads
-By Heidi Przybyla May 1, 2012- While polls show the economy as the top concern of voters, a review of political attack ads suggests a different issue dominates: energy. Americans…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Lawsuit seeks to overturn Pennsylvania voter ID law
-By Karen Langley May 1, 2012- HARRISBURG -- The debate over Pennsylvania's new voter ID law is heading from the state House to the courthouse. Groups opposed to requiring photo…