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1. Campaign Desk

   Department of Thin Skin

   April 7, 2011 03:56 PM

   Jeffrey Toobin has a column in the current New Yorker in which he discusses the current Supreme Court's "revolution in campaign-finance law," pointing to a moment during last week's argument over the constitutionality of an Arizona law known as... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   “We Followed in the Bubble”

   March 22, 2011 01:27 PM

   My daily newspaper went to Brazil with President Obama and all I got (well, not all) was this "quick video tour." (Though, impressive Flip-cam work by New York Times staff photographer, Stephen Crowley.) Also? Crowley offers these... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   Unpacking Rory Reid’s 91 PACs Maneuver

   March 17, 2011 11:30 AM

   If this isn't illegal, it should be. This has been the "almost universal" reaction, says veteran Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston, to the news he broke March 4 on his "Ralston's Flash" blog with this arresting headline: "Rory... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Shameless Japan “Coverage” from MSNBC, CBS

   March 15, 2011 03:06 PM

   A dart to MSNBC and its new hire, Martin Bashir, who used the monologue part of his eponymous cable news show yesterday to connect the unfolding tragedy in Japan to the flailing Hollywood career of the star of... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   Relax! IRS Rules Are “Lax”

   March 11, 2011 04:09 PM

   Are you a 501(c)(4) group that spent millions of anonymous dollars on attack ads during the midterm elections (or, perhaps, a corporation or individual who, unbeknownst to the public, gave money to such a group)? Are you concerned, as... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   Lean, Mean Campaign Money Machine

   March 4, 2011 11:50 AM

   The paper that is home to a weekly column by Karl Rove got first dibs Tuesday on the announcement of how much the Rove-affiliated political advocacy groups, American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, hope to raise for and spend on... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   How a Defense Contract Is Won

   March 1, 2011 12:24 PM

   You're a giant aerospace company pursuing a defense contract potentially worth $100 billion: so, what's your lobbying budget for that? A tip of the hat to the National Journal for detailing for readers how a years-long battle between Boeing... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   Fake David Koch Calls Real Scott Walker

   February 23, 2011 12:10 PM

   My headline basically says it all. Posing as the billionaire businessman and conservative-cause-funding David Koch (you may know him from that New Yorker piece), an editor at the Buffalo Beast, an online alt-bi-weekly, yesterday called Republican Gov. Scott... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Lara Logan, Foreign Correspondents, and Sexual Abuse

   February 17, 2011 11:42 AM

   On Tuesday came the chilling news from CBS News that chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan, while reporting a 60 Minutes segment in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on February 11th, “suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating” and is... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    “How You Raise Money” in D.C. (Hint: “Frugging”)

    February 16, 2011 05:14 PM

    That Newt Gingrich's sanguinely named 527 group, American Solutions for Winning the Future, "pulls in big money" has been reported. (And, because it is a 527, we also know from where this money is pulled—including six- and seven-figure... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    Premiere Plants

    February 14, 2011 12:35 PM

    Well, here's a shocker: Some of the people who phone in to talk radio shows (that caller with the pitch-perfect rant, provocative comment or burning question) may actually be hired actors reading from scripts. I'm not an angry listener, but... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    Kochs’ Influence

    February 11, 2011 09:50 AM

    Last week, Politico's Kenneth Vogel reported that "faced with an avalanche of bad publicity after years of funding conservative causes in relative anonymity, the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers, Charles and David, are fighting back," including by hiring "a team... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Tea Party Review to Debut

    February 9, 2011 05:20 PM

    I think it was the Sunday Styles that brought us together. I think it was the Week in Review Tea Party Review. Tea Party Review, a monthly print magazine complete with its own New York Times Weekender-like promotional <a... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    Covering a “Koch-Fueled” Weekend in CA

    February 3, 2011 03:38 PM

    Charles and David Koch, the billionaire owners of Koch Industries, hosted a semi-annual, invitation-only conference for conservative political donors, strategists, and lawmakers at a resort near Palm Springs, Calif. this past weekend, as previewed back in October by The... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    Beltway Reacts to Passing of Meet the Press “Butler”

    January 26, 2011 12:22 PM

    Today, the Washington Post profiles Saadalla Mohamed Aly, the "perenially tuxedoed butler" (no lie!) for NBC's Sunday morning political chat show, Meet the Press. Aly died last month at age 79 and had apparently "served, greeted and ultimately endeared... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    State of the Union, in a Word

    January 26, 2011 10:19 AM

    Last night NPR asked listeners to describe President Obama's State of the Union address "in three words," and then ran the 4,000 responses through a word cloud generator. And? Missed the president's... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    What Not to Do in Campaign Reporting

    January 25, 2011 03:56 PM

    Campaign 2012 is underway, even with but one declared Republican contender. And so comes an example of What Not to Do in Campaign Reporting, courtesy of the Minneapolis Star Tribune (h/t, MinnPost's David Brauer). Rep. Michele Bachmann... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    Q & A: Election Law Expert Richard L. Hasen

    January 21, 2011 12:32 PM

    On the eve of the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court's controversial decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, CJR's Liz Cox Barrett spoke with Richard L. Hasen, a visiting professor at University of California Irvine School... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Who’s Afraid of a Little Passing Press Scrutiny?

    January 19, 2011 04:12 PM

    They’re quick studies, the newest members of Congress, according to this story from Politico’s Kenneth P. Vogel. Vogel reports that many freshmen have already learned “the oldest political survival tactic in the book…quickly refilling campaign coffers with... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Tunisia “Mesmerized” Journalists

    January 19, 2011 01:18 PM

    Worth a re-read, (especially) in light of current events in Tunisia: this CJR piece from November in which Justin D. Martin asked, “Has Tunisia Mesmerized Journalists?” Tunisia’s “record on free speech and political rights is abysmal,”... Continue reading

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