Below is my post in today’s Politico | Arena. The question is “Will Citizens United alter American campaigns and if so, how?”
Water finds it way downhill; corporate money finds it way into campaigns. McCain-Feingold was not an effective bulwark against corporate money. It was simply the election lawyer full employment act.
One of my favorite examples […]

In 2004, Senator Reid got a majority of the white vote (58 percent) against a weak opponent (Richard Ziser). Senator Kerry, on the other hand, only got 43 percent of the white vote in Nevada. Given that whites were 77 percent of the 2004 electorate, Reid won (61 percent to 35 percent) and Kerry lost […]

A key part of the Republican strategy to hold the governor’s office and the state house in Texas is to keep African-American and Hispanic turnout at manageable levels. For example, Republicans think that the fact that Barack Obama is not on the ballot in HD 133 will help them defeat Kristi Thibaut. But it’s not […]