Public Financing


Tipped Hats All Around
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 4:04pm.
Mary Ann Lindley of the Tallahassee Democract gives a "tip of the hat" to Florida state Sen. Alex Villalobos for declaring his support for public financing of campaigns and I in turn tip my hat to Lindley for a well-written editorial on why it's high time we address how campaigns are financed, and policy written.
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Chance to Run
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 10:19am.
Bob Ferguson, a King County Councilmember in Washington reflects on his first run for office, the money he needed to fund it, and the reason he supports a move towards full public financing of election in his county in this op-ed for the Seattle Times.
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Wisconsin Forum
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 3:58pm.
Debate rages on over bringing public financing of elections to Wisconsin judicial and legislative elections, this time at a forum hosted by Wisconsin Common Cause and attended by people on both sides of the issue, including sponsors of a bill that would have publicly funded races for the state Supreme Court -- a bill that cleared the Senate but didn't make it out of the state Assembly.  Doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon though -- keep up the fight!
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Keith and Dave
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 2:38pm.
Keith Olbermann, host at MSNBC, and Dave Letterman talk about the presidential race, campaign contributions, and public financing of elections in this clip courtesy of Crooks and Liars. Awesome!
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Change of Agenda
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 3:26pm.
Charlie Cray of the Center for Corporate Policy writes on Alternet a bout how much is likely to change when a new President is elected this year. Bottom line: not much, unless several reforms -- including full public financing of elections -- are instituted to curb the influence of corporate money on candidates and policy.
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Drawing a Distinction
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 2:53pm.
Public Campaign Action Fund's David Donnelly has a letter in today's Washington Post explaining the distinction we've been talking about when it comes to how Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) measure up on the issue of public financing of elections: Obama has pledged support for public financing of federal elections, McCain has not.
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