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Fundrace

monju_bosatsu — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:20:28 -0800

Fundrace. Innovative rankings and maps about presidential candidates. The maps are especially cool.

Bust the caps?

monju_bosatsu — Wed, 05 Nov 2003 08:14:57 -0800

Howard Dean is asking his supporters whether or not he should accept federal matching funds and the concomitant spending restrictions.

Sean Meade — Tue, 06 Mar 2001 07:25:57 -0800

'Industry pumped in a record 696 million dollars to elect George W. Bush and a GOP Congress. The Mother Jones 400 reveals the nation's top contributors -- and what they expect in return.'

The donors complain in this article about how much they have to shell out. Are their complaints legitimate? Is this simply the cost of doing business? Is this the way campaigns should be funded?

Doug — Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:12:14 -0800

Where Are The Hollywood Conservative? Does a liberal cabal of Hollywood executives destroy the careers of conservative performers? Or, is the conservative philosophy (opposed to change, antiquated morals...) just too boring for artists and performers?

mathowie — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:02:47 -0800

Open Secrets is a site for election information that takes the term "full disclosure" to the nth level. You can see how much money all the presidential candidates have taken and from whom. You can even do searches for "all the people in a single zip code that gave more than $1,000 to George Bush." And it's not just for would-be presidents, you can see who is filling senator's pockets too (like Philip Morris bankrolling Jesse Helms - big surprise there). It's all information that we deserve to know, and thanks to the web, it's there for the reading.