Campaign

In January the Supreme Court struck down longstanding restrictions on corporations political campaign spending.
The Citizens United decision allows corporate and union donors to pay for ads that will run within 30 days of a Presidential primary or 60 days of a general election. Previously the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law barred such spending.
How will this controversial ruling impact upcoming political campaigns?

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a.
is the result of successful manipulation by the campaigns.

b.
focuses on the substance of the key issues voters care about, and how the candidates stand on them.

c.
deals with the campaign game—who’s ahead in the polls, what candidate strategies will be, and speculation.

d.
is analysis of the interest groups and campaign contributors who are backing each candidate, and why they are backing them.

e.
deals with the candidates’ personal character flaws and family.

the answer to your second homework question is (f)

In 1996, the gov’t of China gave at least $2 million in donations to Bill Clinton for his re-election campaign. (The money was illegally laundered through straw donors including John Huang, Charlie Trie, Maria Hsia, and James Riady all found guilty in a court of law).

Why would they do this?

To answer your question;

In China’s case, they bought Most Favored Nation status and ICBM technology from Bill Clinton

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You know, that picture of the weird, creepy, looking guy on their commercials. At my local Togo’s they even have a picture of him pasted to the glass near the trashcan. Personally, I think it’s disgusting and really has the potential to ruin your appetite. What do you think?

It actually caught my attention. I thought it was funny that he was talking to the Pastrami Sandwich. Did you see the sandwich? I ended up getting the Pastrami.

He appears as though he is trying to teflon-coat himself by implying that anyone who criticizes him is "racist". I think this tactic will backfire on him in a big way.
I thought he would save this angle until after the convention.

Hussein is a typical lying politician who is black which automatically means he will use the race card at every opportunity.

I’m working towards my college degree in communications and wondering if there are paid jobs on political campaign teams. I realize there are tons of volunteers but I never heard of any professional paid jobs at least for someone like me who would be coming right out of college.
I have some beliefs that would tick off some Republicans and some other beliefs that would tick off Democrats. I’m pretty sure you would to agree to a certain platform before being hired, right?

Not really you just have to be able to do a job, most beginner jobs on campaigns are volunteer and you have to have some experiance, if you volunteer while you are in college, you stand a good chance of getting hired, I imagine a degree in commuications would serve you well, but I also imagine that you would need some background in Political Science.

During his Presidential campaign, Barack Obama built a wave of energetic supporters that helped sweep him into office. But could that current be turning the other way? The conservative political action conference is underway here in Washington, bringing some new life to the Republican Party. John Dennis says the libertarian movement can get us out of this mess.

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Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how campaign cash in judicial races may sway America’s courts. The Journal revisits the 1999 FRONTLINE special “Justice for Sale” which reported on the growing concern — even among Supreme Court justices themselves — that campaign contributions may be corrupting the judicial process. Bill Moyers airs Friday nights at 9 pm on PBS. Check your local listings. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02192010/watch3.html

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Senator John Thune’s reelection campaign is attracting political heavyweights to the state. Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney is in Sioux Falls to help raise money for the South Dakota Senator.

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