FEC Chairman Talks 'Dark Money' and the Fine Line Between Free Speech and Censorship
FEC Chairman Lee Goodman says the dark money debate is nothing more than an effort to regulate speech using government power.
Campaigns/Elections
Complexity Without Conspiracy: Politics Harder to Produce Than a Pencil
Get in the weeds, not the sensationalism
Obama Campaign Vets to Young Lefties: Pay Us $5,000 and We'll Let You Do Our Grunt Work
Do we have a deal for you!
Can a 'Libertarian Moment' in Politics Be Very Libertarian?
David Brat, Rand Paul, and the limits of electoral libertarianism in a two-party world
Free Speech vs. the Collective
Stephen Breyer's dangerously broad rationale for campaign finance regulations
Rich People Will Always Beat Campaign Finance Restrictions
When Congress blocks off one avenue for funding political campaigns, millionaires find other routes-or bulldoze new ones through the wilderness.
Billionaire Environmentalist Planning Heavy Campaign over Global Warming
Has spent millions already
The FEC Fears the Dead Will Corrupt Politics (Through the Libertarian Party)
Could the dead rise up to ruin our political system?
Candidates From Both Parties Run Against the NSA
Most Americans disapprove of the NSA's collection of telephone metadata
46 Percent of Voters Would Vote For Their Representatives Again
Only 17 percent believe most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected
Both Republicans and Democrats To Address Abortion in 2014 Races
March for Life being held this week
Wendy Davis Has Raised $12.2 Million For Texas Gubernatorial Race
The state senator filibustered an abortion bill last June
Sen. McConnell Emphasizes Tea Party Connections While Filing For Re-Election
Facing a primary challenger
Let Money Talk
The Supreme Court should abandon the dubious distinction between campaign spending and campaign contributions.
Three Congressmen Announce They Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2014
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah), Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa), and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.)
Colorado Lawmaker To Resign Over Gun Control Recall Threat
If State Sen. Evie Hudak (D-Westminster) had lost the vote Republicans would have gained control of the Senate
