Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems?

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Amy

It seems being a former president or vice-president are better economic choices than being the current president. In 2007, George and Laura Bush earned $719,274 in taxable income, but went over the tithing mark and gave more than $160,000 to charity. Dick Cheney and company magically earned $2,528,068 over the year, with the breakdown definitely [...]

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The Public Financing Conundrum

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Amy

The Democratic Party is asking federal courts to look into a possible violation by John McCain’s campaign in regards to his withdrawal from public financing. McCain was given $5.8 million in public financing, but refused the funds so that he wouldn’t be bound to spending limits.
The U.S. District Court will file a suit against the [...]

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Obama’s battle against electoral history

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Graison

Can Senator Obama change this?

Author’s note: The following post admittedly uses data from a partisan organization. It’s intent is to highlight historical data to provide context for a current event. Your writer found some of the researchers’ conclusions to be simplistic and narrow, particularly in their lack of accounting for shocks to political [...]

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