It's not uncommon for me to get an email or phone call from someone punctuated with "Have I got a story for you!" December 2008 was no different. I was resting up after a particularly busy and historic election year. Sarah Palin had just come back from her unsuccessful national run.
Mike McCabe has never seen anything like it. He runs the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonpartisan group tracking the flow of money in Badger State politics—though, presently, "torrent" may be the best way to describe the state's campaign finance environment. In the run-up to next week's recall elections targeting six Republican state senators, outside advocacy […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-Dave Wu, the Democratic Representative from Oregon announced on Tuesday that he would be stepping down from his position as Representative, a position he has held for seven terms, in the wake a scandal involving an eighteen year old daughter of an associate.