Archive for January, 2011

Do Regular People Matter in Today’s Elections?

January 26, 2011
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New York state’s campaign contribution limits is $55,900 per year for a gubernatorial candidate. That’s far more than the average New York salary and therefore favors those with scads of expendable wealth. Andrew Cuomo promised, if elected, to clean up NY’s elections. Soon after his inauguration, he advocated for public financing of elections in...

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Outgoing John Hall Slams Hayworth’s Secret Donors

January 2, 2011
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Outgoing John Hall Slams Hayworth’s Secret Donors

NY-19's former Representative John Hall sparked wide debate this week when he told the NY Observer the country is currently descending into corporate-controlled "fascism" thanks to activist Supreme Court judges. As reported here in November, autopsies of Hall's defeat attributed heavy outside spending on attack ads as the likely difference in the close race, only...

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