Wild About Harry—Free to air attack ads without identifying who paid for them, independent groups are on track to spend a record $500 million in the 2010 election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In Nevada, groups have spent $4.2 million to defeat Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, including $1 million from […]

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The Floodgates Open“When the Citizens United decision was handed down, it was the most partisan decision since Bush versus Gore. … And I’m just concerned that this case is going to open the floodgate for corporate spending.” —Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, March 10, 2010 IN FEBRUARY 2008 DAVID BOSSIE TOLD ME he would prevail in a lawsuit […]

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Building a State “The state of Palestine has to be built. And if we Palestinians do not do it, who is going to do it for us?” Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad — September 23, 2010 After Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad concluded his talk at the New America Foundation‘s Washington offices, a […]

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Hard Facts on the Ground—Daniel Levy is one of the more insightful progressive voices in Washington regarding Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, which are collapsing because of a disagreement over Israeli settlement policy. A British-born Israeli, Levy has worked as a policy advisor for Yossi Beilin when Beilin served as Israel’s minister of justice. He was a member […]

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Prophets of the Politics of Nihilism “There’s going to be a government shutdown just like in ’95 and ’96. But we’re going to win it this time and I’ll be fighting on your side.” —Republican political consultant Dick Morris, April 2010 “Stage one of the end of Obamaism will be a new Republican Congress in […]

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