Hoosier taxpayers foot lobbying bill for foreign company
Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the House’s Energy and Commerce committee, has sent a letter (PDF) to Indiana’s official lobbyist to inquire why Indiana is lobbying for the Keystone XL Pipeline project. From the letter: I have…
Buying Hoosier Elections: Parties vs Nonparty Groups Revisited
Previously, I posted a district-by-district comparison showing that, compared to previous elections, we’re seeing a much larger amount of money being spent by groups that do not disclose their donors. I relied on several sources of information for this post,…
Buying Hoosier Elections With Lies
Greg Sargent had a great post a week or so ago, hitting on the fact that all the untraceable outside money pouring into our elections isn’t only problematic on its own – it’s also that it is buying lie after…
Telemarketer’s trademark claim forces “Shop With A Cop” to change its name
The first story I saw in this morning’s paper wasn’t about elections, or crime, or even the weather. It was this: But after this year, don’t expect the program to be called by its widely recognized moniker “Shop with a…
Todd Rokita Threatens Political Opponents
For the last few months, Secretary of State (and current Congressional candidate) Todd Rokita has been on a campaign against the Indiana State Teachers Association. He’s repeatedly insinuated, while offering no evidence, that the ISTA has commingled political funds with…
Buying Hoosier Elections, Then and Now
This is the 3rd installment in a series of posts. See my previous entries: Who’s Buying Hoosier Elections – a look at the outside groups spending money in Indiana’s Congressional elections Which Hoosier Elections Are Being Bought – a race-by-race…
Mike Pence takes stimulus hypocrisy to a new level
Back in February, Representative Mike Pence issued a statement: One year later, one thing is clear: the stimulus bill has failed. One year later, not one net job has been created as unemployment rose from 7.6 percent to nearly 10…
Another Mitch Daniels financial prediction is wrong
I’m thinking of starting a futures fund betting against Mitch Daniels’ predictions. You see, Mitch Daniels has a problem with predictions. Given his famous “misunderestimations” of the cost of the Iraq War, the trends of health care costs, and the…
