Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Fred the Tool' Thompson..is he for real?

  Published: August 23, 2007, 9:33 am

  Tags: Fred Thompson, Federal Election Commission

  filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission. Lane Hudson filed a complaint that alleges Thompson has violated the FEC law regarding candidates for office called the testing the waters' clause. If you spend more than $5,000 on campaign activities, you're a candidate, whether or not you've officially declared. Within five days of

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• Bloggers Win Before the FEC

  Published: September 4, 2007, 6:31 pm

  Tags: Fec, Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Daily Kos, Blogs, Michael Grace, Markos Moulitsas

  haul DailyKos before the Federal Election Commission and have a hearing where he'd prove that we were violating the law by failing to register as a political committee. Vacation's over, and the FEC has unanimously determined that DailyKos qualifies as a media entity under federal law, and thus none of the site's expenditures count under

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• Von Spakovsky to slip through?

  Published: September 26, 2007, 5:25 pm

  Tags: Hans Von Spakovsky, Dianne Feinstein, Ben Nelson, Federal Election Commission, Fec

  Welfare: a paycheck from the Federal Election Commission. Von Spakovsky's nomination has been red-flagged for months, since revelations regarding his role in voter suppression schemes, approval of racially discriminatory redistricting schemes, and other transgressions came to light. Von Spakovsky's reward for permanently perverting the electoral

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• The coming Von Spakovsky debacle

  Published: September 27, 2007, 5:35 pm

  Tags: Hans Von Spakovsky, Federal Election Commission, Fec, Us Attorneys, Filibuster, Nuclear Option

  nomination of the Federal Election Commission squeaked through the Senate Rules committee and is headed for a vote before the full Senate. Von Spakovsky, like so many other Bush nominees, is really just about everything you could ever imagine not wanting in a public official. The transgressions are numerous, outrageous, and really,

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• Von Spakovsky watch

  Published: October 4, 2007, 11:08 am

  Tags: Hans Von Spakovsky, Fec, Federal Election Commission, Harry Reid, Russ Feingold

  Hans Von Spakovsky to the Federal Election Commission. Republicans want to force the Senate to approve all four pending FEC nominations at once, in a single vote. The argument is that previous FEC nominations have been considered that way, so this one should be, too. Such nominations are typically paired up, one Democratic nominee, one

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• Democrat, Republican Gang Up on Incumbent

  Published: October 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrat, Republican, Gang, Incumbent, Jeff Walz, Jim Burkee, Tyler Williams, Wisconsin, Bryan Kennedy, Lori Hagerup, Federal Election Commission, Kfc Corporation, Chris Johnson, Gus Wirth Jr, James Sensenbrenner, Milwaukee, Concordia University System, Manhattan Pr

  CEDARBURG, Wis. -- Explanations are required when you are a conservative Republican, your friend is a Democrat, and you tell people you are running a joint campaign to unseat Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (Wis.), one of the longest-serving Republicans in Congress and the very definition of an e...

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• Democrat, Republican Gang Up on Incumbent

  Published: October 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrat, Republican, Gang, Incumbent, Jeff Walz, Jim Burkee, Tyler Williams, Wisconsin, Bryan Kennedy, Lori Hagerup, Federal Election Commission, Kfc Corporation, Chris Johnson, Gus Wirth Jr, James Sensenbrenner, Milwaukee, Concordia University System, Manhattan Pr

  CEDARBURG, Wis. -- Explanations are required when you are a conservative Republican, your friend is a Democrat, and you tell people you are running a joint campaign to unseat Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (Wis.), one of the longest-serving Republicans in Congress and the very definition of an...

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• Congressional Fundraisers Let It Rock

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Congressional, Fundraisers, Let, Rock, Bruce Springsteen, Dick Cheney, Mitch Mcconnell, U S Republican Party, Annette Pombo, Harry Reid, U S Senate, Federal Election Commission, Mcconnell Center, California, Colorado, Allen Boyd, Edward M Kennedy, Verizon Center, Florid

  If you're going to fork over a couple of grand to a congressional candidate, you might as well have fun doing it.

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• Congressional Fundraisers Let It Rock

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Congressional, Fundraisers, Let, Rock, Bruce Springsteen, Dick Cheney, Mitch Mcconnell, U S Republican Party, Annette Pombo, Harry Reid, U S Senate, Federal Election Commission, Mcconnell Center, California, Colorado, Allen Boyd, Edward M Kennedy, Verizon Center, Florid

  If you're going to fork over a couple of grand to a congressional candidate, you might as well have fun doing it.

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• Congressional Fundraisers Let It Rock

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Congressional, Fundraisers, Let, Rock, Bruce Springsteen, Dick Cheney, Mitch Mcconnell, U S Republican Party, Annette Pombo, Harry Reid, U S Senate, Federal Election Commission, Mcconnell Center, California, Colorado, Allen Boyd, Edward M Kennedy, Verizon Center, Florid

  If you're going to fork over a couple of grand to a congressional candidate, you might as well have fun doing it.

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• Clinton, Giuliani Take Financial Leads

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Clinton, Giuliani, Take, Financial, Leads, Iowa, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Norman Hsu, Rudolph Giuliani, New Hampshire, U S Republican Party, Massachusetts, George W Bush, John Mccain, William H Strong, Federal Election Commission, California, Florida, Illi

  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (R), the front-runners for their parties' presidential nominations, entered the final months of the primary season with another crucial advantage: more money to spend than their rivals.

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• Clinton, Giuliani Take Financial Leads

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Clinton, Giuliani, Take, Financial, Leads, Iowa, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Norman Hsu, Rudolph Giuliani, New Hampshire, U S Republican Party, Massachusetts, George W Bush, John Mccain, William H Strong, Federal Election Commission, California, Florida, Illi

  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (R), the front-runners for their parties' presidential nominations, entered the final months of the primary season with another crucial advantage: more money to spend than their rivals.

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• Clinton, Giuliani Hold Financial Leads

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Clinton, Giuliani, Hold, Financial, Leads, Iowa, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Norman Hsu, Rudolph Giuliani, New Hampshire, U S Republican Party, Massachusetts, George W Bush, John Mccain, William H Strong, Federal Election Commission, Arizona, California, Flor

  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (R), the front-runners for their parties' presidential nominations, entered the final months of the primary season with another crucial advantage: more money to spend than their rivals.

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• Clinton, Giuliani Hold Financial Leads

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Clinton, Giuliani, Hold, Financial, Leads, Iowa, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Norman Hsu, Rudolph Giuliani, New Hampshire, U S Republican Party, Massachusetts, George W Bush, John Mccain, William H Strong, Federal Election Commission, Arizona, California, Flor

  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (R), the front-runners for their parties' presidential nominations, entered the final months of the primary season with another crucial advantage: more money to spend than their rivals.

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• Bipartisan Dining With the Devil?

  Published: October 18, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bipartisan, Dining, The, Devil, Charles Schumer, Patrick Leahy, Rahm Emanuel, Dalai Lama, John Murtha, Ray Lahood, Michael Mukasey, Bp Plc, Federal Election Commission, California, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Brad Ellsworth, Doc Hastings, Fred Upton, Heath Shuler, Jo A

  What's up with this bipartisanship fad? Last week it was the Senate majority and minority leaders, Sens. Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), all playing nice at the McConnell Center in Louisville. Now we learn that Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) has been cozying up with the very people...

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